"tweezer" meaning in All languages combined

See tweezer on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tweezer (not comparable)
  1. (attributive) tweezers. Tags: attributive, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tweezer-en-adj-B5MO4y5E

Noun [English]

Forms: tweezers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tweezer (plural tweezers)
  1. (US) A pair of tweezers, tweezers. Tags: US Derived forms: optical tweezer
    Sense id: en-tweezer-en-noun-hIVn46ix Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 97 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 97 3

Verb [English]

Forms: tweezers [present, singular, third-person], tweezering [participle, present], tweezered [participle, past], tweezered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} tweezer (third-person singular simple present tweezers, present participle tweezering, simple past and past participle tweezered)
  1. To use tweezers.
    Sense id: en-tweezer-en-verb-uKnkqn3G

Inflected forms

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