tea·sel (t??z?l)n.1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having prickly stems and flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.2. a. The cultivated teasel D. sativus. Also called fuller’s teasel.b. The bristly flower head of this plant, used to produce a napped surface on wool and other fabrics.c. A wire device used to produce a napped surface.tr.v. tea·seled, tea·sel·ing, tea·sels or tea·selled or tea·sel·ling To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).[Middle English tesel, from Old English t?sel.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.teasel (?ti?z?l) , teazel or teazlen1. (Plants) any of various stout biennial plants of the genus Dipsacus, of Eurasia and N Africa, having prickly leaves and prickly heads of yellow or purple flowers: family Dipsacaceae. See also fuller’s teasel2. (Textiles) a. the prickly dried flower head of the fuller’s teasel, used for teasingb. any manufactured implement used for the same purposevb, -sels, -selling or -selled, -sels, -seling or -seled (Textiles) (tr) to tease (a fabric)[Old English t?sel; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian t?sl undergrowth, t?sla to tear to bits; see tease]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014tea?sel (?ti z?l) n., v. -seled, -sel?ing (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel?ling. n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, of the teasel family, having prickly leaves and flower heads. 2. the dried flower head or burr of the plant D. fullonum, used for teaseling cloth. 3. any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling cloth. v.t. 4. to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels. Often, teazel, teazle. [before 1000; Middle English tesel, Old English t?sel; akin to tease] tea?sel?er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.teasel – A tool for raising the nap of something.See also related terms for nap.Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.teaselPast participle: teaselledGerund: teasellingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativeteaselteaselPresentI teaselyou teaselhe/she/it teaselswe teaselyou teaselthey teaselPreteriteI teaselledyou teaselledhe/she/it teaselledwe teaselledyou teaselledthey teaselledPresent ContinuousI am teasellingyou are teasellinghe/she/it is teasellingwe are teasellingyou are teasellingthey are teasellingPresent PerfectI have teaselledyou have teaselledhe/she/it has teaselledwe have teaselledyou have teaselledthey have teaselledPast ContinuousI was teasellingyou were teasellinghe/she/it was teasellingwe were teasellingyou were teasellingthey were teasellingPast PerfectI had teaselledyou had teaselledhe/she/it had teaselledwe had teaselledyou had teaselledthey had teaselledFutureI will teaselyou will teaselhe/she/it will teaselwe will teaselyou will teaselthey will teaselFuture PerfectI will have teaselledyou will have teaselledhe/she/it will have teaselledwe will have teaselledyou will have teaselledthey will have teaselledFuture ContinuousI will be teasellingyou will be teasellinghe/she/it will be teasellingwe will be teasellingyou will be teasellingthey will be teasellingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been teasellingyou have been teasellinghe/she/it has been teasellingwe have been teasellingyou have been teasellingthey have been teasellingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been teasellingyou will have been teasellinghe/she/it will have been teasellingwe will have been teasellingyou will have been teasellingthey will have been teasellingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been teasellingyou had been teasellinghe/she/it had been teasellingwe had been teasellingyou had been teasellingthey had been teasellingConditionalI would teaselyou would teaselhe/she/it would teaselwe would teaselyou would teaselthey would teaselPast ConditionalI would have teaselledyou would have teaselledhe/she/it would have teaselledwe would have teaselledyou would have teaselledthey would have teaselledCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011