feeze
To beat; to chastiseTo beat; to chastise.
Meaning
9 senses(dialectal, transitive)To beat; to chastise.
(dialectal, intransitive, transitive)To cause to swing about.
To cause to swing about.
(dialectal, intransitive, transitive)To swing about in the wind; to flare (as a candle)
(dialectal, intransitive)To frighten, put into a state of alarm.
(Scotland, also, dialectal, transitive)To twist or turn with a screw-like motion; to screw.
(Scotland, broadly, dialectal, figuratively)To insinuate.
(Scotland, dialectal, intransitive, transitive)To untwist; to unravel, as the end of a thread or rope.
(dialectal, obsolete, often, transitive)To drive off or away; to make (someone) run, put to flight; to frighten away; compare faze.
(Scotland, dialectal, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To rub hard; to do a piece of work with passion.
Origin
From Middle English fesen, from Old English fēsian, fȳsian (“to drive away, put to flight”From Middle English fesen, from Old English fēsian, fȳsian (“to drive away, put to flight”), variants of fēsan, fȳsan (“to hasten, rush; to incite, stimulate, send forth, drive away”), of disputed origin. Doublet of faze.
From Scots feeze, from Old Scots fize (“screw”, noun), from Dutch vijs (“screw”), from Middle Dutch vise (“screw, windlass, winch”), from Old French vis, viz (“vise, vice”), from Latin vītis (“vine”). Doublet of vice, vise, and withe.
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Forms
feezes, feezing, feezed, feezedSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle