TEASE
\tˈiːz], \tˈiːz], \t_ˈiː_z]\
Definitions of TEASE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
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harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
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a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
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disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
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raise the nap of (fabrics)
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tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
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ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect
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mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"
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separate the fibers of; "tease wool"
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to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them; "The advertisement is intended to tease the customers"; "She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior"
By Princeton University
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annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of his stammer"
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harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
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a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
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disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
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offer and withdraw
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raise the nap of (fabrics)
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tear into pieces; "tease tissue for microscopic examinations"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To comb or card, as wool or flax.
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To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
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To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
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To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
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One who teases or plagues.
By Oddity Software
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To comb or card, as wool or flax.
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To stratch, as cloth, for the purpose of raising a nap; teasel.
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To tear or separate into minute shreds, as with needles or similar instruments.
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To vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass, annoy, disturb, or irritate by petty requests, or by jests and raillery; to plague.
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One who teases or plagues.
By Noah Webster.
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To comb or unravel, as wool or flax; to separate the fibers of; to roughen, as cloth, with a teasel; annoy; to persist in making petty requests of or to; to vex by good-natured ridicule.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To separate the structural parts of a tissue by means of a needle, in order to prepare it for microscopical examination.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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To comb or card, as wool: to scratch, as cloth: to raise a nap: to vex with importunity, jests, etc.: to torment, irritate.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To vex by petty annoyances; annoy; fret; harass; importune persistently.
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To comb or card, as wool.
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A teaser.
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The act of teasing.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To comb or card, as wool or flax; to scratch, as cloth in dressing; to vex with importunity or impertinence; to harass; to annoy.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To comb or card, as flax or wool; to raise and dress the nap of cloth; to reduce to shreds or fragments.
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To annoy for the purpose of provocation; to vex by petty requests, or by impertinent importunities; to annoy; to plague; to irritate.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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To pull apart for microscopic examination.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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To separate tissues by means of fine needles for examination with the microscope.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
