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    [tēz]
    verb
    tease (verb) · teases (third person present) · teased (past tense) · teased (past participle) · teasing (present participle)
    1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
      "she was just teasing" · "Brenda teased her father about the powerboat that he bought but seldom used" · "“Think you're clever, don't you?” she teased"
      • tempt (someone) sexually with no intention of satisfying the desire aroused:
        "she had thrown herself at him and teased him"
    2. gently pull or comb (tangled wool, hair, etc.) into separate strands:
      "she was teasing out the curls into her usual hairstyle"
      • NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
        comb (hair) in the reverse direction of its natural growth in order to make it appear fuller:
        "her hair is teased into spikes" · "her teased bottle-blonde hair"
      • archaic
        comb (the surface of woven cloth) to raise a nap.
    Origin
    Old English tǣsan (in tease), 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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    1. make fun of or attempt to provoke (a person or animal) in a playful way:
      make fun of
      poke fun at
      chaff
      rag
      mock
      guy
      satirize
      deride
      ridicule
      taunt
      bait
      goad
      pick on
      make sport of
      twit
      quiz
      smoke
      rally
      make jokes about
      laugh at
      be sarcastic about
      scoff at
      jeer at
      jibe at
      flout at

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      What does it mean to tease someone?[transitive] tease somebody (with something) to make somebody want something or become excited about something by showing or offering them just a small part of it; to make somebody want more of something Spring is here and we have already been teased with a glimpse of summer. There are tempting menus to tease the taste buds.

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      What is tease verb?Definition of tease verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] to laugh at somebody and make jokes about them, either in a friendly way or in order to annoy them or make them embarrassed Don't get upset—I was only teasing. tease somebody I used to get teased about my name.

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      What does teasing mean in slang?Teasing is also used to describe playing part of a song at a concert. Jam bands will often quote the main riff of another song during jams. "Tease it" is also used as a slang term to smoke marijuana. The word "tease" can also be used as a noun to stand for marijuana.

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      What is the root word of tease?From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”) . tease (third-person singular simple present teases, present participle teasing, simple past and past participle teased) ( transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).

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      • To intentionally annoy a person or animal by saying something that is not true or pretending to do something, often in a playful way.
      • To laugh at and criticize someone in a way that is either friendly and playful or cruel and unkind.
      • To annoy or bother an animal.
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      to intentionally annoy a person or animal by saying something that is not true or pretending to do something, often in a playful way: [ T ] Don’t tease the dog by showing her the treat if you’re not going to give it to her. [ I ] I was only teasing (= joking), I didn’t mean anything by it.

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      TEASE meaning: 1 : to laugh at and criticize (someone) in a way that is either friendly and playful or cruel and unkind; 2 : to annoy or bother (an animal)

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      WEB4 days ago · US. to reveal, extract, obtain, etc. by painstaking effort. often with out. it took hours to tease out the meaning of the story. 2. to raise a nap on ( cloth) by brushing with teasels; teasel. 3. to annoy or harass by …

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