Tweeze
/twiz/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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 pluck with tweezers wordnet
- 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 To pluck out hairs using tweezers. intransitive
"Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs."
Antonyms
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More examples"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.