"bare one's teeth" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bares one's teeth [present, singular, third-person], baring one's teeth [participle, present], bared one's teeth [participle, past], bared one's teeth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=bare one's teeth}} bare one's teeth (third-person singular simple present bares one's teeth, present participle baring one's teeth, simple past and past participle bared one's teeth)
  1. (of an animal) To show its teeth as a sign of aggression. Synonyms: bare one's fangs Derived forms: teeth-baring Related terms: flex one's muscles
    Sense id: en-bare_one's_teeth-en-verb-WMoQIoYL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English predicates: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To show aggression. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations ((figuratively) to show aggression): näyttää hampaansa (Finnish), montrer les dents (French), Zähne zeigen (German), die Zähne fletschen (German), mostrare i denti (Italian), szczerzyć [imperfective] (Polish), ска́лить зу́бы (skálitʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Russian), оска́ливать зу́бы (oskálivatʹ zúby) [imperfective] (Russian), оска́лить зу́бы (oskálitʹ zúby) [perfective] (Russian), ска́литься (skálitʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), оска́литься (oskálitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bare_one's_teeth-en-verb-QST9dKNf Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 51 49 Disambiguation of '(figuratively) to show aggression': 23 77

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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