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teaseling

teaseling is the present participle and gerund of teasel.

Noun

teaseling (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The cutting and gathering of teasels.
  2. (archaic) The use of teasels to raise a nap on cloth.

Meaning of teasel

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.

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Synonyms of teaseling

Questions about teaseling

What does teaseling mean?
Teaseling means the cutting and gathering of teasels.
What is teaseling the present participle and gerund of?
Teaseling is the present participle and gerund of teasel.
What part of speech is teaseling?
Teaseling is a noun.

Words near teaseling in the dictionary

  1. teaseful
  2. teasel
  3. teaseled
  4. teaseler
  5. teaselers
  6. teaseling
  7. teaselled
  8. teaseller
  9. teasellers
  10. teasellike
  11. teaselling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teaseling (page history and authors); teasel (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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