Tease

Definition

tease /ti:z/ v ၁။ စသည္။ ေနာက္သည္။ က်ီစယ္သည္။ Don't take what she said seriously—she was only teasing. ❍ The other boys used to tease him because of/about his accent. ❍ Stop teasing the cat (eg by pulling its tail). ၂။ စသည္။ ဆြသည္။ flirting and teasing. ၃။ ဖြသည္။ tease wool into strands. ၄။ ( US ) = BACKCOMB n (usu sing ) က်ီစားသန္သူ။ စတတ္သူ။ What a tease she is! ❏ tease sth out [ PHRV ] ဆြဲထုတ္သည္။ အစ္သည္။ ( fig ) tease out the truth with persistent questions. ❏ teaser n ( infml ) (usu sing ) ပေဟဠိ။ This one's a real teaser. See also BRAIN- TEASER ❏ teasingly adv က်ီစယ္လိုေသာသေဘာျဖင့္။ ေျပာင္ေျပာင္ ေနာက္ေနာက္။ She smiled at him teasingly.

Examples

1. I didn’t mean it: I was only teasing.
2. [tease someone about someone/something] : John’s always teasing me about my accent.
3. The wool is teased into longer and straighter fibres.