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teaselled

teaselled is the simple past and past participle of teasel.

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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Questions about teaselled

What is teaselled the simple past and past participle of?
Teaselled is the simple past and past participle of teasel.

Words near teaselled in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teaselled (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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