tease (verb)

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• tease — ► VERB 1) playfully make fun of or attempt to provoke. 2) tempt sexually. 3) (tease out) find out by searching through a mass of information. 4) gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands. 5) archaic comb (the surface of …   English terms dictionary

• tease — verb ADVERB ▪ mercilessly ▪ playfully ▪ a little, gently, lightly ▪ constantly VERB + TEASE …   Collocations dictionary

• tease apart — verb disentangle and raise the fibers of tease wool • Syn: ↑tease, ↑loosen • Derivationally related forms: ↑teaser (for: ↑tease) • Hypernyms …   Useful english dictionary

• tease — verb 1》 playfully make fun of or attempt to provoke.     ↘tempt sexually. 2》 gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands.     ↘chiefly N. Amer. backcomb (hair).     ↘archaic comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a… …   English new terms dictionary

• tease — verb Larry s dentist is the dork he used to tease in sixth grade Syn: make fun of, poke fun at, laugh at, guy, make a monkey (out) of; taunt, bait, goad, pick on; deride, mock, ridicule; informal rib, josh, pull/yank someone s chain, razz …   Thesaurus of popular words

• tease out — verb a) To unravel. b) To separate as if by unraveling …   Wiktionary

• tease — verb Syn: make fun of, laugh at, deride, mock, ridicule, guy, make a monkey (out) of, taunt, bait, goad, pick on; informal take the mickey out of, rag, have on, pull someone s leg; Brit.; informal wind up …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• tease — [[t]ti͟ːz[/t]] teases, teasing, teased 1) VERB To tease someone means to laugh at them or make jokes about them in order to embarrass, annoy, or upset them. [V n] He told her how the boys in East Poldown had set on him, teasing him... [V n about… …   English dictionary

• tease — tease1 [ tiz ] verb * 1. ) intransitive or transitive to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in a friendly or unkind way: I didn t mean it: I was only teasing. tease someone about… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tease — 1 verb 1 (I, T) to make jokes and laugh at someone in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way: Don t get upset, I was only teasing. | tease sb: Kids often tease each other. | tease sb about: I was… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tease — I UK [tiːz] / US [tɪz] verb Word forms tease : present tense I/you/we/they tease he/she/it teases present participle teasing past tense teased past participle teased * 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to say something to someone in order to have… …   English dictionary