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teasel

/ˈtiːzəl/

teasel noun: any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.

teasel: any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus
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Noun

teasel (plural teasels)

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
  2. The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.
  3. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Verb

teasel (third-person singular simple present teasels, present participle (US) teaseling or (UK) teaselling, simple past and past participle (US) teaseled or (UK) teaselled)

  1. (archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

teasel meaning in Tamil and Bengali

teasel in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

teasel in Bengali

গণের যে কোনো উদ্ভিদ, কাপড়ের লোম তুলতে, কার্ডিং করতে

Forms of teasel

Noun
pluralteasels
alternative form (archaic)teasle
alternative form (archaic)teazel
alternative form (archaic)teazle
alternative form (obsolete)tazel
Verb
third-person singular presentteasels
present participle USteaseling
present participle UKteaselling
past participle USteaseled
past USteaseled
past participle UKteaselled
past UKteaselled

Origin of teasel

From Middle English tasel, tesel, from Old English tǣsel, tǣsl, from Proto-West Germanic *taisilu.

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Questions about teasel

What does teasel mean?
Teasel means any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
What is teasel in Tamil?
Teasel in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், தாவரங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Teasel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is teasel?
Teasel can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce teasel?
Teasel is pronounced /ˈtiːzəl/.
What is the plural of teasel?
The plural of teasel is teasels.

Words near teasel in the dictionary

  1. teased apart
  2. teased out
  3. teasee
  4. teasees
  5. teaseful
  6. teasel
  7. teaseled
  8. teaseler
  9. teaselers
  10. teaseling
  11. teaselled

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: teasel (page history and authors); teasel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); teasel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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