tease
21tease — [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic *taisjan, whose base was also the source of English… …
22tease — [OE] Tease originally meant ‘separate the fibres of wool’ (a sense still perceptible in the metaphorical tease out ‘disentangle something complicated’). It came from a prehistoric West Germanic *taisjan, whose base was also the source of English… …
23tease — I. transitive verb (teased; teasing) Etymology: Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan; akin to Old High German zeisan to tease Date: before 12th century 1. a. to disentangle and lay parallel by combing or carding < tease wool > b. teasel …
24Tease (EP) — Infobox Album Name = Tease Type = ep Longtype = Artist = Piano Overlord Released = 2004 Recorded = Genre = Electronic Hip hop Length = Label = Money Studios Records Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = Tease was a limited… …
25tease — [c]/tiz / (say teez) verb (teased, teasing) –verb (t) 1. to worry or irritate by persistent petty requests, trifling raillery, or other annoyances often in jest. 2. to pull apart or separate the adhering fibres of, as in combing or carding wool;… …
26tease — v. & n. v.tr. (also absol.) 1 a make fun of (a person or animal) playfully or unkindly or annoyingly. b tempt or allure, esp. sexually, while refusing to satisfy the desire aroused. 2 pick (wool, hair, etc.) into separate fibres. 3 dress (cloth)… …
27tease up — transitive verb Etymology: tease (I) : to improve or bring into being by small changes or touches tease up a picture …
28tease — To separate the structural parts of a tissue by means of a needle, in order to prepare it for microscopic examination. [A. S. taesan] * * * tease tēz vt, teased; teas·ing to tear in pieces esp to shred (a tissue or specimen) for microscopic… …
29Tease — Recorded in many forms including Tees, Teas, Teaz, Teece, Ties, Tice, and Teese (English and American), as well as Taye, Tease, Teaze, Tacey, Teasy and Teaser (Irish), this is a surname of one origin, but it would seem, ultimately several… …
30tease — strip tease …
