Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untease

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-tease
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To disentangle; to tease apart.

Example Sentences

"My purpose in this article is to untease that tangled web of philosophy and science which constitutes cognitive science."
"This study made use of the stochasticity preserved by Monte Carlo methods to untease the different sources of synaptic variability."
"Her eyebrows reduced once more to smooth, perfect arcs above her deep-blue eyes, she took off the towel and started running her fingers through her wet hair to untease the knots before winding in the curlers."

Etymology

From un- + tease.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Inflected Forms

unteases (present, singular) unteasing (participle, present) unteased (participle, past) unteased (past)

Questions

What does untease mean?: To disentangle; to tease apart.
Where does untease come from?: From un- + tease.

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