English Explanatory Dictionary

tose

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pull apart or asunder; touse.

Pronunciation

/ˈtəʊz/ /ˈtoʊz/

Word forms

tose toses tosing tosed toze toase toaze

Etymology

From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”).

Related words

tease touse tousle

Derived words

toser tosy
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