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Tease

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Noun

1. annoyer, tease, teaser, vexer

someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity)

2. coquette, flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper

a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men

3. ribbing, tantalization, tease, teasing

the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances

Example Sentences:
'he ignored their teases'
'his ribbing was gentle but persistent'

Verb

4. badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease

annoy persistently

Example Sentences:
'The children teased the boy because of his stammer'

5. bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit

harass with persistent criticism or carping

Example Sentences:
'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'

6. tease

to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them

Example Sentences:
'The advertisement is intended to tease the customers'
'She has a way of teasing men with her flirtatious behavior'

7. tease

tear into pieces

Example Sentences:
'tease tissue for microscopic examinations'

8. tease

raise the nap of (fabrics)

9. loosen, tease, tease apart

disentangle and raise the fibers of

Example Sentences:
'tease wool'

10. card, tease

separate the fibers of

Example Sentences:
'tease wool'

11. tease

mock or make fun of playfully

Example Sentences:
'the flirting man teased the young woman'

12. fluff, tease

ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Tease

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verb
1. 
to annoy (someone) by deliberately offering something with the intention of delaying or withdrawing the offer
2. 
to arouse sexual desire in (someone) with no intention of satisfying it
3. 
to vex (someone) maliciously or playfully, esp by ridicule
4. (transitive)
to separate the fibres of; comb; card
5. (transitive)
to raise the nap of (a fabric) with a teasel
6. Also: backcomb US and Canadian
to comb the under layers of (the hair) towards the roots to give more bulk to a hairstyle
7. (transitive)
to loosen or pull apart (biological tissues, etc) by delicate agitation or prodding with an instrument
8. (transitive) informal
to release a limited amount of information about (a forthcoming new product)
the band have teased a new song online
noun
9. 
a person or thing that teases
10. 
the act of teasing

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Tease

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verb transitiveWord forms: teased or ˈteasing
1. 
a. 
to separate the fibers of; card or comb (flax, wool, etc.)
b. 
to fluff (the hair) by brushing or combing in strokes from the hair ends toward the scalp
c. 
to gently shred or pull apart (tissues, etc.) for microscopic examination, cellular research, etc.
d.  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 persistent mocking or poking fun, playful fooling, etc.
4. 
to urge persistently; importune
5. 
a. 
to tantalize
b. 
to excite sexually without intending to satisfy the desire aroused
verb intransitive
6. 
to indulge in teasing
noun
7. 
a teasing or being teased
8. 
a person who teases

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Tease

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v. teased, teas·ing, teas·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To make fun of (someone) playfully or taunt annoyingly: was teased by my classmates for being skinny; teased him about driving such a fast car.
b. To say in a playful or mocking way: "But you're too young to get married," he teased.
c. To provoke or irritate, as with physical movements: teased the cat by dangling a string in its face.
d. To arouse sexual desire in (someone) deliberately with no intention of having sex.
e. To urge persistently; coax: teased their mother to let them stay up late.
2.
a. To disentangle and dress the fibers of (wool, for example).
b. To ruffle (the hair) by combing from the ends toward the scalp for an airy, full effect.
c. To raise the nap of (cloth) by dressing, as with a fuller's teasel.
d. To cut (tissue, for example) into pieces for examination.
e. To extract, identify, or cause to come about. Used with out: The director teased a good performance out of the actors. The researcher teased out the factors involved in the disease.
v.intr.
To annoy or make fun of someone persistently: I was just teasing.
n.
1. An act of teasing, especially a playfully mocking remark: his tease of his friend's little sister.
2. One that teases, as:
a. A person who makes fun of or annoys others, as with playful or taunting remarks.
b. A flirtatious person.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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