Synonym: annoy, badger, banter, bother, jest, joke, pester, vex. Similar words: at ease, ease, cease, teaspoon, please, release, disease, increase. Meaning: [tɪːz] 
n. 1. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) 2. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men 3. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. v. 1. annoy persistently 2. harass with persistent criticism or carping 3. to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them 4. tear into pieces 5. raise the nap of (fabrics) 6. disentangle and raise the fibers of 7. separate the fibers of 8. mock or make fun of playfully 9. ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect.
n. 1. someone given to teasing (as by mocking or stirring curiosity) 2. a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men 3. the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances. v. 1. annoy persistently 2. harass with persistent criticism or carping 3. to arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them 4. tear into pieces 5. raise the nap of (fabrics) 6. disentangle and raise the fibers of 7. separate the fibers of 8. mock or make fun of playfully 9. ruffle (one's hair) by combing towards the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect. 
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91. My own understanding: self - mockery or can be used to deride, tease others.
92. The researchers speculate that HDL's anti-inflammatory properties may explain the finding, but say further research is needed to tease out the specific cause.
93. For example, children often stick out their tongues to tease each other.
94. It's hard to tease apart end-to-end performance tests and attribute bottlenecks to a specific cause, the study says (PDF).
95. " Don't take him seriously, comrade. He just likes to tease everyone.
96. The initial tease for Baekeland -- Doc Baekeland'to many - was the rising cost of shellac.
97. The researchers even wrote a computer program, outlined in the journal Evolution, which explains how to tease apart a species' ecological influences from its ancestral ones.
98. Such distinctions were obviously important to the animals at the time, but paleontologists now must tease apart birds from non-avian dinosaurs.
99. The three rulers also commissioned lengthy glyphic texts, which researchers have used to tease apart Maya script.
100. To create volume and lift for you updo, tease roots with a fine-tooth comb in the front, on the sides and along the crown.
101. Do not tease roaming dogs and Macaque ( monkey ). Do not run and always keep calm.
102. The best way to deal with a tease is to ignore him.
103. We want to be part of the romantic, exciting adventure to tease apart its mysteries and understand the nature of physical reality.
104. When I feel sorrow, I wanna your comfort. I fear that you will tease me, that I look stupid when I cry, so I never dare to do so.
105. The boys would tease you to death if they didn'tfancy you.
106. Indeed, efforts to tease out the source of arteriole malfunction led us to our unexpected discovery six years ago.
107. Many of the safeguards we use for encapsulation are really just there to prevent mutation. Once we tease apart those two concepts(Sentence dictionary), a cleaner Java implementation emerges.
108. The Houston Rockets are a bigger tease than a stripper working the graveyard shift.
109. The pitching coach said it's obvious that he comprehends his responsibilities by the way his teammates tease him and how he retaliates.
110. Myriad biological and environmental factors shape development and can be difficult to tease apart in scientific studies of children, who all have different genetic predispositions and experiences.
111. Gypsy Rose Lee, the strip - tease artist, has arrived in Hollywood with twelve empty trunks.
112. When the girls tease him, he doesn to act up.
113. His brother used to tease him for being small, but now the shoe is on the other foot.
114. Is it possible for somebody to tease you laughing at joyfully?
115. Because they emerge later in childhood, it's hard to tease apart their biological and social sources.
116. Be careful, that girl is a real tease, she's the town heart - breaker.
117. We often tease John about his bald head but he takes it in good part.
118. Tease them out, holding the leaves very carefully so you don't damage the roots, before potting up separately into small pots.
119. And later in the semester we will tease apart just a little bit what these patterns are and why they do what they do.
120. In a series of experiments, he and other researchers have been able to tease apart that the mammalian brain has separate systems for what Berridge calls wanting and liking.