Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To rumple, tousle.

  2. (transitive)To pull to pieces.

Origin

From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūs

From Middle English tousen, tusen, from Old English *tūsian, from Proto-West Germanic *tūsōn. Cognate with German zausen (“to tousle”). Related also to English tease and toase.

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Forms

touses, tousing, toused, toused

regular · Lesson

Base formtouse · to touse
3rd person singulartouses
Present participletousing
Past simpletoused
Past participletoused

Tenses

touse · toused · will touse · have toused

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytouse
he, she, ittouses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toused
he, she, ithas toused

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill touse

Past simpleLesson

all personstoused

Word family

3 related words
Derivedtousertousletousy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tournamentB1tourniquettousletout

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