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tease apart

v. disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, loosen]

Usage examples of "tease apart".

Gnarled strands of smoke rose upwards to filter and tease apart the morning light, like dozens of genies released from flanched bottles scattered from Smithfield to Ratcliff and for as far along the estuary as the eye could see.

He wanted to tease apart her legs as he had her fingers, to find the hidden textures, to suck on her tender flesh.

And we will want to tease apart the cancers of the noosphere without damning the noosphere in toto.

It seemed that injustice was woven through the world in inexplicable patterns, impossible to tease apart without unraveling the entire web.

Breathing shallowly through her mouth, she used a fork to tease apart the pages.

It was a different state from the one he used to tease apart the strands of other people's emotions.

If I hope to tease apart the tangle, the only way will be to attack the blockage through the memory inserts feeding it.

Aille wished he could sit down and speak with the elders who had come to tease apart the tangles in this dilemma, especially the Preceptor.

You get off the bed and take out the little wooden box from the zipped pocket of your shell-suit, carefully slide the lid off and tease apart the nest of toilet tissue inside.