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teasel en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtiːzəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

  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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teasle alternative, archaic lexicographic
teazel alternative, archaic lexicographic
teazle alternative, archaic lexicographic
tazel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
teasels Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

teaseler · wild teasel · teasel gourd · teasellike

Translations (27)

cs štětka (plant) · bg лугачка (plant) · ru ворся́нка (plant) · fr cardère (plant) · ca cardó (plant) · enm tasel (plant) · ca cardet (flower head) · grc κνάφος (plant) · de Karde (plant) · scn carduni (plant) · pl szczeć (plant) · kk қожакендір (plant) · ga liost (plant) · grc δίψακος (plant) · fi karstaohdake (plant) · ang tǣsl (plant) · cy cribau'r pannwr (plant) · nrf piègne à chorchi (plant) · mk че́шленка (plant) · nl kaardenbol (plant) · cy llysiau'r cribwr (plant) · cy llysiau'r pannwr (plant) · cy cribau'r pannwr (flower head) · cy teilai mawr (plant) · cy llysiau'r cribau (plant) · enm tasel (flower head) · nrf tcheurdron à chorchi (plant)

teasel en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈtiːzəl/

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
teazle alternative, archaic lexicographic
teaseling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
tazel alternative, obsolete lexicographic
teaseled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part US lexicographic
teaseled Tense=Past US lexicographic
teasels Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
teaselling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
teaselled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part UK lexicographic
teaselled Tense=Past UK lexicographic
teazel alternative, archaic lexicographic
teasle alternative, archaic lexicographic