tose

Alternative forms

• toze, toaze

Etymology

From Middle English tosen, from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-Germanic *taisaną (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, separate”). Cognate with Old High German zeisan (“to tease, pick wool”). Related also to Dutch tezen (“to draw, pull, scratch”), German zeisen (“to pluck, pluck apart”), Danish tæse (“to tease”), Old English tǣsan (“to tease”). More at tease.

Verb

tose (third-person singular simple present toses, present participle tosing, simple past and past participle tosed)

1. To pull apart or asunder; touse.

Anagrams

• Seto, TEOS, TOEs, Teos, toes

Verb

tose

1. third-person singular present indicative of tusir

Verb

tose

1. First-person singular present of tosen.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of tosen.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of tosen.
4. Imperative singular of tosen.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔzi

Verb

tose

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tosar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of tosar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tosar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tosar

Verb

tose

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of toser.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of toser.