tweeze

Thân thiện

She uses a pair of tweezers to tweeze her eyebrow.

Definition

Verb: * To remove or grasp something, typically a hair or small splinter, by plucking or pulling with a pair of tweezers.

Usage

The verb "tweeze" describes the specific action of using tweezers. It is a transitive verb, meaning it requires a direct object (the thing being plucked). * You tweeze an eyebrow hair, a splinter, or an ingrown hair. * It is most commonly used in the context of personal grooming, especially for shaping eyebrows.

Examples

• She carefully tweezed the stray hairs to perfect the shape of her brows.
• The nurse used sterilized tweezers to tweeze the small piece of glass from the patient's finger.
• I need to tweeze this annoying ingrown hair.

Advanced Usage

• "to tweeze out": This phrasal verb emphasizes the action of removing something by plucking it. It is often used interchangeably with the simple verb "tweeze."
  • She managed to tweeze out the deeply embedded splinter.

Variants and Related Words

• Tweezers (noun, plural): The small pincer-like tool used for plucking or picking up tiny objects.
  • A pair of tweezers is essential for precise grooming.

Synonyms

• Pluck
• Extract (when referring to removal)
• Pull out

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Tweeze out: To remove something by plucking with tweezers.
  • It took forever to tweeze out all the tiny hairs.

Học thuật

Verb

1. pluck with tweezers
   • tweeze facial hair