- 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
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1)a) [intransitive/transitive] to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in either a friendly or an unkind waytease someone about someone/something:I didn't mean it: I was only teasing.
John's always teasing me about my accent.
b) [transitive] to annoy an animal in order to have fun2) [intransitive/transitive] to make someone think that you are willing to have sex with them when you are not3) [transitive] American to backcomb your hair4) tease or tease out[transitive] to separate a group or knot of pieces of hair, string etc into individual piecesPhrasal verbs:The wool is teased into longer and straighter fibres.
II UK [tiːz] / US [tɪz] noun [countable]
Word forms "tease":
singular tease plural teases1)a) someone who says something to you in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying you slightly in either a friendly or an unkind wayHe's just a tease. Ignore him.
b) something that someone says or does when they are teasing you2) someone who makes you think that they are willing to have sex with you when they are not3) informal something that is designed to make people interested in an event that will happen or in a product that will become available later
English dictionary. 2014.