"fine-toothed" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "fine-toothed comb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fine",
        "3": "toothed"
      },
      "expansion": "fine + toothed",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fine + toothed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more fine-toothed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fine-toothed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fine-toothed (comparative more fine-toothed, superlative most fine-toothed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having small teeth placed closely together (of a comb, brush, etc.)."
      ],
      "id": "en-fine-toothed-en-adj-Ux3UmOJG",
      "links": [
        [
          "teeth",
          "teeth"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "brush",
          "brush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 12, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's 'A Promised Land'”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Of course Obama has a fine-toothed understanding of American racism but perhaps because of his unique parentage and history, he has cast himself as the conciliatory middle child, preferring to leave unsaid truths that might inflame, and insulating those said in various layers of cant.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a search, study, analysis, etc., very exhaustive or thorough."
      ],
      "id": "en-fine-toothed-en-adj-RTIP1fpt",
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "analysis",
          "analysis"
        ],
        [
          "exhaustive",
          "exhaustive"
        ],
        [
          "thorough",
          "thorough"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Of a search, study, analysis, etc., very exhaustive or thorough."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fine-toothed"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English compound terms",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English parasynthetic adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fine-toothed comb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fine",
        "3": "toothed"
      },
      "expansion": "fine + toothed",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From fine + toothed.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more fine-toothed",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most fine-toothed",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fine-toothed (comparative more fine-toothed, superlative most fine-toothed)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Having small teeth placed closely together (of a comb, brush, etc.)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teeth",
          "teeth"
        ],
        [
          "comb",
          "comb"
        ],
        [
          "brush",
          "brush"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 12, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Barack Obama's 'A Promised Land'”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "Of course Obama has a fine-toothed understanding of American racism but perhaps because of his unique parentage and history, he has cast himself as the conciliatory middle child, preferring to leave unsaid truths that might inflame, and insulating those said in various layers of cant.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a search, study, analysis, etc., very exhaustive or thorough."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "search",
          "search"
        ],
        [
          "study",
          "study"
        ],
        [
          "analysis",
          "analysis"
        ],
        [
          "exhaustive",
          "exhaustive"
        ],
        [
          "thorough",
          "thorough"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) Of a search, study, analysis, etc., very exhaustive or thorough."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fine-toothed"
}