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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tease .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective feeling mild pleasurable excitement
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Examples
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The meat was gently teased from the frying pan and served to three blindfolded taste panel volunteers.
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With one hand she clutched the magestone that kept frozen the walls of her shelter and teased from the blue-green water outside the air she needed to survive.
A new novel is begun! I’m now Lee Arthur Chane, and the first sentence I wrote today… ewillett 2009
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My response to being looked down on, mocked, and teased is to hit back harder.
Archive 2008-09-01 2008
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My response to being looked down on, mocked, and teased is to hit back harder.
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That storm, John, has sort of hugged the coast and forgive the word teased the coast, but went back out before it hit land.
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As much as I enjoyed Whedon's performance (as I knew I would once I heard his name teased at the beginning of the program), there was one story shared by a special guest that really had me thinking afterward.
Airlock Alpha 2009
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Just the mention of the idea teased at her, promising her glorious days like this to feed all the needs of her soul.
A Ring And A Promise Edwards, Andrea 1995
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Mom Abigail Halperin said Swenson was "reluctant" to say where she was working, but they kind of teased it out of her.
Intern tunes in Post 2011
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Mom Abigail Halperin told us Swenson was "reluctant" to tell them where she worked but they kind of teased it out of her.
White House intern Molly DeWolf Swenson took time off to try out for "American Idol" The Reliable Source 2011
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Black on Sat 27 Nov 2004 in the nine o'clock news - actual time about 2123hrs - approx 3 minutes - and 'teased' and promoted for several days prior as a 'real life' man in black - no indication of satire at all.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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