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"word": "cocktease"
},
{
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"word": "cock tease"
},
{
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"word": "cockteaser"
},
{
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"word": "eve-tease"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "retease"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "tease out"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "teaser"
}
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "tesen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tesen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "tǣsan",
"t": "to tease"
},
"expansion": "Old English tǣsan (“to tease”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*taisijan",
"t": "to separate, tug, shred"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "teases",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "teasing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "teased",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "teased",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"expansion": "tease (third-person singular simple present teases, present participle teasing, simple past and past participle teased)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material)."
],
"id": "en-tease-en-verb-VODNZeMV",
"links": [
[
"separate",
"separate"
],
[
"fibre",
"fibre"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razčepkvam",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "разчепквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razništvam",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "разнищвам"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "karstata"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "fi",
"english": "prior to carding",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "avata"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "usenanderchnüüble"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeftízo",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "ξεφτίζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xempléko",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "ξεμπλέκω"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "spíon"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardare"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "česátʹ",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чеса́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "peinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "karda"
},
{
"_dis1": "63 5 3 13 2 4 7 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "kamma"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction."
],
"id": "en-tease-en-verb-6WoclAfF",
"links": [
[
"comb",
"comb"
],
[
"teasel",
"teasel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kardiram",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "кардирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pentinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kammata"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kämmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "hecheln"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "spíon"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "cíor"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pettinare"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "tesen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "tosen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pentear"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načósyvatʹ",
"sense": "to comb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "начёсывать"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "peinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "karda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 87 13 0 0 0 0 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kamma"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Hair",
"orig": "en:Hair",
"parents": [
"Body parts",
"Body",
"Anatomy",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Medicine",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "24 0 18 8 1 31 13 0 4 1 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To backcomb."
],
"id": "en-tease-en-verb-oFGfT2WD",
"links": [
[
"backcomb",
"backcomb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To backcomb."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "17 1 10 11 10 2 26 1 2 17 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "16 2 10 10 10 3 24 2 3 16 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Ugandan Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"parents": [
"Terms in nonstandard scripts",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998 February 22, Judith Martin, “Tease and sympathy”, in The Washington Post",
"text": "The difference between teasing and taunting is like the difference between kissing and spitting. The ingredients are the same; it is the emotion that determines whether it is pleasing or repellent.... Proper teasing says, in effect, \"I know all your little oddities and faults, but as they are part of what makes you special, I find them charming.\" Taunting, in contrast, makes only the harsh statement, \"I have noticed what is wrong with you.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Lich King, “Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught",
"text": "The beast in the past has done horrible stuff / And his victims were left quite displeased / No one knows what he's so angry about / Maybe once in third grade he was teased",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately."
],
"id": "en-tease-en-verb-gfwbXel9",
"links": [
[
"poke fun",
"poke fun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zü̃ka",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "জোঁকা"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačam se",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "закачам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gawetliha",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ᎦᏪᏟᎭ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dòunong",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "逗弄"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "戲弄"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnòng",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "戏弄"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "škádlit"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "drille"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "plagen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "inc-oas",
"lang": "Early Assamese",
"roman": "joṅka",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "জঙ্কা"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "moketi"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "kiusoitella"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "härnätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "taquiner"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "necken"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "hänseln"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "aufziehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "verarschen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "auf den Arm nehmen"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peirázo",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "πειράζω"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ñembosarái"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cheṛnā",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "छेड़ना"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śarārat",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "शरारत"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maje lenā",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "मजे लेना"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ugrat"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "stríða"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "narria"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "kiusata"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ärvärtää"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "gabh do"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"english": "gently",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "spoch as"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ciap"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "clip"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "saighid faoi (unkindly)"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "burlarsi di"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "karakau",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "からかう"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nollida",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "놀리다"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zádeva",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "за́дева"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zákača",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "за́кача"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "hangatītī"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "pāengaenga"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "erte"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "drażnić"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dokuczać"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "caçoar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tirar sarro"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "zombar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "geu"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "draznítʹ",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дразни́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddráznivatʹ",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поддра́знивать"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tarraing à"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "задирки́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "изази́вати"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "провоци́рати"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zadirkívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izazívati"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "provocírati"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "burlarse de"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "molestar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tomar el pelo"
},
{
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
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{
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
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{
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"word": "reta"
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"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
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"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "சீண்டு"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ล้อ"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "th",
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"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "แซ็ว"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "chọc"
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
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{
"_dis1": "4 5 3 76 2 1 7 2",
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"ref": "1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.ii",
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"ref": "1848, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, volume I, page 76",
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"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "挑逗"
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{
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 88 1 5 1",
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 88 1 5 1",
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 88 1 5 1",
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 88 1 5 1",
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"_dis1": "1 1 2 2 88 1 5 1",
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"ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 14",
"text": "A young woman, if she fall into bad hands, may be teased, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man’s being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it.",
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"ref": "2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "a less interesting character here than in the previous two films, Caesar glowers through the movie, as though aware that he has been condemned to a script that is rushing to clear the stage for the straightforward Planet Of The Apes remake first teased in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.",
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"word": "cock tease"
},
{
"word": "cockteaser"
},
{
"word": "eve-tease"
},
{
"word": "retease"
},
{
"word": "tease out"
},
{
"word": "teaser"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "tesen"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "tǣsan",
"t": "to tease"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*taisijan",
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},
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"name": "inh"
}
],
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{
"form": "teases",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "teasing",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "teased",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "teased",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material)."
],
"links": [
[
"separate",
"separate"
],
[
"fibre",
"fibre"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To separate the fibres of (a fibrous material)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction."
],
"links": [
[
"comb",
"comb"
],
[
"teasel",
"teasel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To backcomb."
],
"links": [
[
"backcomb",
"backcomb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To backcomb."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1998 February 22, Judith Martin, “Tease and sympathy”, in The Washington Post",
"text": "The difference between teasing and taunting is like the difference between kissing and spitting. The ingredients are the same; it is the emotion that determines whether it is pleasing or repellent.... Proper teasing says, in effect, \"I know all your little oddities and faults, but as they are part of what makes you special, I find them charming.\" Taunting, in contrast, makes only the harsh statement, \"I have noticed what is wrong with you.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2008, Lich King, “Attack of the Wrath of the War of the Death of the Strike of the Sword of the Blood of the Beast”, in Toxic Zombie Onslaught",
"text": "The beast in the past has done horrible stuff / And his victims were left quite displeased / No one knows what he's so angry about / Maybe once in third grade he was teased",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately."
],
"links": [
[
"poke fun",
"poke fun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To poke fun at, either cruelly or affectionately."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1684, Samuel Butler, Hudibras",
"text": "Not by the force of carnal reason, / But indefatigable teasing.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.ii",
"text": "I am myself, the sweetest temper'd man alive, and hate a teasing temper; and so I tell her a hundred Times a day",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1848, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, volume I, page 76",
"text": "He[…]suffered them to tease him into acts directly opposed to his strongest inclinations.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To provoke or disturb; to annoy."
],
"links": [
[
"provoke",
"provoke"
],
[
"disturb",
"disturb"
],
[
"annoy",
"annoy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume I, chapter 14",
"text": "A young woman, if she fall into bad hands, may be teased, and kept at a distance from those she wants to be with; but one cannot comprehend a young man’s being under such restraint, as not to be able to spend a week with his father, if he likes it.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To manipulate or influence the behavior of, especially by repeated acts of irritation."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, III.i",
"text": "[H]ere comes my Helpmate!—She appears in great good humour——how happy I should be if I could teaze her into loving me tho' but a little",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To entice, tempt."
],
"links": [
[
"entice",
"entice"
],
[
"tempt",
"tempt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To entice, tempt."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "a less interesting character here than in the previous two films, Caesar glowers through the movie, as though aware that he has been condemned to a script that is rushing to clear the stage for the straightforward Planet Of The Apes remake first teased in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser."
],
"links": [
[
"teaser",
"teaser"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tiːz/"
},
{
"homophone": "teas"
},
{
"homophone": "tees"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːz"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tease.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-tease.ogg/En-us-tease.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-tease.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "tēz"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "teaze"
},
{
"word": "teize"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "tieze"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razčepkvam",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "разчепквам"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razništvam",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "разнищвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "karstata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "prior to carding",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "avata"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "usenanderchnüüble"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xeftízo",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "ξεφτίζω"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "xempléko",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "ξεμπλέκω"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "spíon"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "česátʹ",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "чеса́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "cardar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "peinar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "karda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to separate the fibers",
"word": "kamma"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kardiram",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "кардирам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pentinar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kammata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kämmen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "hecheln"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "spíon"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "cíor"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pettinare"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "tesen"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "tosen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "pentear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "načósyvatʹ",
"sense": "to comb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "начёсывать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "peinar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "karda"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to comb",
"word": "kamma"
},
{
"code": "as",
"lang": "Assamese",
"roman": "zü̃ka",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "জোঁকা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakačam se",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "закачам се"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "gawetliha",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ᎦᏪᏟᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dòunong",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "逗弄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "戲弄"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "xìnòng",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "戏弄"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "škádlit"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "drille"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "plagen"
},
{
"code": "inc-oas",
"lang": "Early Assamese",
"roman": "joṅka",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "জঙ্কা"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "moketi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "kiusoitella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "härnätä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "taquiner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "necken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "hänseln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "aufziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "verarschen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "auf den Arm nehmen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peirázo",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "πειράζω"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ñembosarái"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "cheṛnā",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "छेड़ना"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śarārat",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "शरारत"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "maje lenā",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "मजे लेना"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ugrat"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "stríða"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "narria"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "kiusata"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ärvärtää"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "gabh do"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "gently",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "spoch as"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ciap"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "clip"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "saighid faoi (unkindly)"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "burlarsi di"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "karakau",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "からかう"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nollida",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "놀리다"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zádeva",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "за́дева"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zákača",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "за́кача"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "hangatītī"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "pāengaenga"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "erte"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "drażnić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "dokuczać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "caçoar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tirar sarro"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "zombar"
},
{
"code": "rap",
"lang": "Rapa Nui",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "geu"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "draznítʹ",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "дразни́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poddráznivatʹ",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "поддра́знивать"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tarraing à"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "задирки́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "изази́вати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "провоци́рати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "zadirkívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izazívati"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "provocírati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "burlarse de"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "molestar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "tomar el pelo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "embromar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "mofarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "pitorrearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "recochinearse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "reta"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cīṇṭu",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "சீண்டு"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lɔ́ɔ",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ล้อ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sɛo",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "แซ็ว"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "chọc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "chọc ghẹo"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "ghẹo"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "khoyzek makhn",
"sense": "to poke fun at",
"word": "חוזק מאַכן"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "draznja",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "дразня"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "jadosvam",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ядосвам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tiǎodòu",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "挑逗"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "inciteti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ärsyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "kiusata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "härnätä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "aufziehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "provozieren"
},
{
"code": "gsw",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"tags": [
"Alemannic-German"
],
"word": "zöiklä"
},
{
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ñembosarái"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "bosszant"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ingerel"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "griog"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "gabh de"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "saighid"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "provocare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "stuzzicare"
},
{
"alt": "ちょっかいをだす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "chokkai o dasu",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ちょっかいを出す"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zádeva",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "за́дева"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zákača",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "за́кача"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "irritar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "aborrecer"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "implicar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "provocírovatʹ",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "провоци́ровать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadojedátʹ",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надоеда́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "chinchar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "alborotar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "embromar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "reta"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "cīṇṭu",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "சீண்டு"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yûua",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "ยั่ว"
},
{
"code": "ugn",
"lang": "Ugandan Sign Language",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "luganda"
},
{
"code": "ugn",
"lang": "Ugandan Sign Language",
"sense": "to provoke or disturb",
"word": "okunyiza"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gōuyǐn",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "勾引"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "viekoitella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "houkutella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "vietellä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "verführen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "reizen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "skandalízo",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "σκανδαλίζω"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "tentare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "sedurre"
},
{
"alt": "さそう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sasou",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "誘う"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "primámuva",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "прима́мува"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "tentar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "seduzir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "manítʹ",
"sense": "to entice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мани́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zamánivatʹ",
"sense": "to entice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "зама́нивать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "tentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "provocar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "incitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "reta"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "ɔ̀i",
"sense": "to entice",
"word": "อ่อย"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to show as forthcoming",
"word": "zinspelen op"
}
],
"word": "tease"
}
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"Rhymes:English/iːz",
"Rhymes:English/iːz/1 syllable",
"Ugandan Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts",
"en:Hair",
"en:People"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "clit tease"
},
{
"word": "prick tease"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "tesen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English tesen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ang",
"3": "tǣsan",
"t": "to tease"
},
"expansion": "Old English tǣsan (“to tease”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*taisijan",
"t": "to separate, tug, shred"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English tesen, from Old English tǣsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisijan (“to separate, tug, shred”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "teases",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "tease (plural teases)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"One who teases."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A single act of teasing."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"One who deliberately arouses others (usually men) sexually with no intention of satisfying that arousal."
],
"links": [
[
"arouse",
"arouse"
],
[
"sexually",
"sexually"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cock tease"
},
{
"word": "cocktease"
},
{
"word": "cockteaser"
},
{
"word": "prickteaser"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tiːz/"
},
{
"homophone": "teas"
},
{
"homophone": "tees"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iːz"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tease.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/En-us-tease.ogg/En-us-tease.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/En-us-tease.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "tēz"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "teaze"
},
{
"word": "teize"
},
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "tieze"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "drillepind"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Scherzbold"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "clipire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "griogaire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ciapaire"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cráiteoir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who teases",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "retsticka"
}
],
"word": "tease"
}
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