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tease [ tease ]
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1. Make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way.
I used to tease her about being so house-proud
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2. Tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused.
Again, she kissed him, to tease him into state of fiery desire.
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3. Gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands.
Chris teased the last few tangles out of his hair.
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4. Backcomb (hair) in order to make it appear fuller.
her teased bottle-blonde hair
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5. Comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.
A fuller of cloth is one who prepares cloth, teasing and thickening it.
Noun
1. A person who makes fun of someone playfully or unkindly.
Sorry to be such a tease, but you can't predict the future.
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2. A person who tempts someone sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused.
It's just that Ozon is a great tease!
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3. An act of teasing someone.
she couldn't resist a gentle tease
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Tease out
1. (tease something out, tease out something) Find something out from a mass of irrelevant information.
a historian who tries to tease out the truth
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Origin
1. Old English tǣsan (in tease (sense 2 of the verb)), of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch teezen and German dialect zeisen, also to teasel. Sense 1 is a development of the earlier and more serious ‘irritate by annoying actions’ (early 17th century), a figurative use of the word's original sense.
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