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TEASE APART

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disentangle and raise the fibers of

Example:

tease wool

Synonyms:

loosen; tease; tease apart

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "tease apart" is one way to...):

disentangle; straighten out; unsnarl (extricate from entanglement)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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