teasel

UK: /ˈtiːzəl/ US: (tē′zəl)

Inflections of 'teasel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.

teasels

v 3rd person singular

teaselling

v pres p (Mainly UK)

teaseling

v pres p (US)

teaselled

v past (Mainly UK)

teaseled

v past (US)

teaselled

v past p (Mainly UK)

teaseled

v past p (US)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

tea•sel  (tē′zəl), n., v., -seled, -sel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -selled, -sel•ling. 
n. 

1. Plant Biology any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Cf. teasel family. 
2. Plant Biology the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth.
3. any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling.

v.t. 

4. Textiles to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels;
   dress by means of teasels.

Also, teazel, teazle. 

• bef. 1000; Middle English tesel, Old English tǣsel; akin to tease

tea′sel•er*  [esp. Brit.,] tea′sel•ler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

teasel, teazel, teazle / ˈtiːzəl/ noun

1. any of various stout biennial plants of the genus Dipsacus, of Eurasia and N Africa, having prickly leaves and prickly heads of yellow or purple flowers: family Dipsacaceae
2. the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing
3. any manufactured implement used for the same purpose

verb ( -sels, -selling, -selled) ( -sels, -seling, -seled)

1. (transitive) to tease (a fabric)

Etymology: Old English tǣsel; related to Old High German zeisala teasel, Norwegian tīsl undergrowth, tīsla to tear to bits; see tease