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# teething

«teething» in Mova's school dictionary: **growing through the gums, which can be sore** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (teething — uncountable); adjective (teething); also the -ing form of teethe (teethe, teethes, teethed, teething)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The time when a baby's first teeth are growing through the gums, which can be sore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#m1)

2) «Teething problems» or «teething troubles» (informal): small problems at the start of something new. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In family life a teething baby is grumpy, dribbles and chews things; parents give teething rings. In everyday and news talk, a new system with teething problems has early hiccups that get fixed. Note: «teethe» (verb, with e) vs «teeth» (noun).

### examples

- The baby is teething, so she cries a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x1)
- We bought a teething ring for my little brother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x2)
- Teething babies like to chew on cold things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x3)
- The new website had a few teething problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x4)
- The school's new lunch system had teething troubles in the first week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x5)
- Teething can make babies' cheeks red. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/#x6)

### note

Spell the verb «teethe» (said with a soft th, as in «breathe»), but the noun «teeth» (hard th, as in «breath»). Babies usually get 20 first (milk) teeth.

### In the corpora

- ["Teething problems" (UK) means faults in something new.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/34-failure-and-mistakes/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «teething» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teething/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.