tease
English
/tiːz/
verb
Definitions
- To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
- To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
- To back-comb.
- (transitive) To poke fun at.
- (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
- (transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation.
- (transitive) To entice, tempt.
- (transitive) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tesen inherited from Old English tǣsan (tease) inherited from *taisijan (tug, shred, separate).
Origin
*taisijan
Gloss
tug, shred, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brainteaser English
- clit English
- clit tease English
- cock English
- cock tease English
- cocktease English
- cockteaser English
- prickteaser English
- re-tease English
- strip English
- striptease English
- teasable English
- teaser English
- teasesome English
- teasest English
- teaseth English
- unteasable English
- untease English
- Teaser German
- strip-tease Italian
- striptease French
- стриптиз Russian
- тизер Russian
- striptease Spanish, Castilian
- striptease Portuguese
- striptiz Polish
- tæsan Old English
- tǣsan Old English
- tesen Middle English
- striptýz Czech
- *taisijan gmw-pro