tease out
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
verb
To separate as if by unraveling.
verb
To work out, procure, or extract, usually by processes involving subterfuge, diligence, manipulation, or coaxing.
Example Sentences
- "2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/03/macaques-monkeys-indonesia-endangered-pet-trade/ The researchers are teasing out fine details of the yaki’s private life."
- "CLA is actually an umbrella term for several different types of trans fats similar in chemical structure. More research is necessary to tease out which type of CLA is actually the most beneficial (but more on that later)."
- "Well, early in the days of vitamin and mineral discovery, chickens were the research models for studies that eventually teased out information that we take for granted today."