"teasel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teasel.wav Forms: teasels [plural]
Rhymes: -iːzəl Etymology: From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tasel}} Middle English tasel, {{inh|en|ang|tǣsel}} Old English tǣsel, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*taisilu}} Proto-West Germanic *taisilu Head templates: {{en-noun}} teasel (plural teasels)
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus. Categories (lifeform): Honeysuckle family plants Translations (plant): δίψακος (dípsakos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), κνάφος (knáphos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), лугачка (lugačka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), cardó [masculine] (Catalan), štětka [feminine] (Czech), kaardenbol [masculine] (Dutch), karstaohdake (Finnish), cardère [feminine] (French), Karde [feminine] (German), liost [masculine] (Irish), қожакендір (qojakendır) (Kazakh), че́шленка (čéšlenka) [feminine] (Macedonian), tasel (Middle English), tcheurdron à chorchi [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), piègne à chorchi [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), tǣsl [feminine] (Old English), szczeć [feminine] (Polish), ворся́нка (vorsjánka) [feminine] (Russian), carduni [masculine] (Sicilian), cribau 'r pannwr [feminine, plural] (Welsh), llysiau 'r pannwr [masculine, plural] (Welsh), llysiau 'r cribwr [masculine] (Welsh), llysiau 'r cribau [masculine] (Welsh), teilai mawr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-teasel-en-noun-XEzL8oCa Disambiguation of Honeysuckle family plants: 45 36 13 7 Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 39 36 18 6 Disambiguation of 'plant': 100 0 0
  2. The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth. Translations (flower head): cardet [masculine] (Catalan), tasel (Middle English), cribau'r pannwr [feminine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-teasel-en-noun-VOU3Kqa0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sicilian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 53 19 3 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 67 12 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 45 19 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 49 21 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 31 47 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 47 19 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 49 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 45 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 21 50 19 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 55 15 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 54 17 9 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 58 17 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 22 54 14 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 23 50 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 20 52 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 20 52 19 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 23 50 16 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 39 36 18 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 43 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 60 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Sicilian translations: 24 49 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 20 51 18 11 Disambiguation of 'flower head': 11 83 6
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
    Sense id: en-teasel-en-noun-sD02UQzT Categories (other): Terms with Old English translations Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 39 36 18 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teazle, teasle, teazel, tazel Derived forms: teasel gourd (taxonomic: Cucumis dipsaceus)

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teasel.wav Forms: teasels [present, singular, third-person], teaselling [participle, present], teaseling [participle, present], teaselled [participle, past], teaselled [past], teaseled [participle, past], teaseled [past]
Rhymes: -iːzəl Etymology: From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tasel}} Middle English tasel, {{inh|en|ang|tǣsel}} Old English tǣsel, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*taisilu}} Proto-West Germanic *taisilu Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=teaseled|pres_ptc2=teaseling}} teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle teaselling or teaseling, simple past and past participle teaselled or teaseled)
  1. (archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-teasel-en-verb-EMY43N3C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teazle, teasle, teazel, tazel

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "taxonomic": "Cucumis dipsaceus",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lugačka",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лугачка"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "plant",
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      "word": "cardó"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "štětka"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaardenbol"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "karstaohdake"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cardère"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Karde"
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      "roman": "dípsakos",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "δίψακος"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "knáphos",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κνάφος"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "liost"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qojakendır",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "қожакендір"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čéšlenka",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "че́шленка"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "plant",
      "word": "tasel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "piègne à chorchi"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tǣsl"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "szczeć"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "vorsjánka",
      "sense": "plant",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ворся́нка"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "plant",
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      "word": "carduni"
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      "sense": "plant",
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      "word": "cribau 'r pannwr"
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      "word": "teilai mawr"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "flower head",
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      "word": "tasel"
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      "form": "teasels",
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    },
    {
      "form": "teaselling",
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        "present"
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      "form": "teaseling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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      "form": "teaselled",
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        "To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card."
      ],
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        "(archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card."
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      "word": "teazle"
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      "word": "teasle"
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