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Definition of Tease apart

1. Verb. Disentangle and raise the fibers of. "Tease wool"

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Literary usage of Tease apart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"The issue is that because of the polydrug abuse, if we start to tease apart each drug, you may not have the abuser with just one drug and the N is going to ..."

2. A Practical Physiology by Albert Franklin Blaisdell (1897)
"Gently tease apart some muscular fibers, noting that they are attached to each other by connective tissue. Remove a little of this tissue to a slide and ..."

3. A Practical Physiology: A Text-book for Higher Schools by Albert Franklin Blaisdell (1899)
"Gently tease apart some muscular fibers, noting that they are attached to each other by connective tissue. Remove a little of this tissue to a slide and ..."

4. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"tease apart with a needle or smash small clumps with the flat end of a spatula or probe, producing a uniform thickness or particles so that better estimates ..."

5. Biological Weapons: The Threat Posed by Terrorists (2000)
"It takes a number of hours to tease apart the genome of an anthrax strain, for example, to find out whether it is a vaccine strain ..."

6. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"... tease apart with dissecting needles so as to obtain from the bundles of fibers a few of the ultimate component fibers or cells. Cover with a cover-glass ..."

7. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"Alter soaking for a few minutes, tease apart with dissecting needles so as to obtain from the bundles of fibers a few of the ultimate component ..."

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