Tweeze

//twiz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To pluck or grasp using tweezers. transitive

    "Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging, wear, tear; to hold them up to the light or pick them out of benzine baths in search of watermarks."

  2. 2
    pluck with tweezers wordnet
  3. 3
    To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers. transitive

    "Here Mrs. Lawrence had smiled to soften the anxiety of her blue eyes under their frowning, carefully tweezed brows."

  4. 4
    To pluck out hairs using tweezers. intransitive

    "Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs."

Example

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"Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging, wear, tear; to hold them up to the light or pick them out of benzine baths in search of watermarks."

Etymology

Back-formation from tweezers.

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