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to tweezer

to tweezer

6.7
Pick up or remove something using a small tool with two thin arms
  • verb
  • /ˈtwiːzər/
translation icon : manipular con pinzas
  • She carefully tweezered the small fragments of glass out of the wound to avoid further injury.

So I was like, I don't really want to have to tweeze them.

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Examples

  • She tweezered specks of gold into a new bottle until her fingers cramped and she thought her squint would be permanent.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • With Timmy's permission, Meggie tweezered the skull out of the jar and set it under her microscope.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Once the glue is hardened, it's easier to separate them, just kind of tweeze those all out of the way.

  • She was seated on a rock, examining the gold she had tweezered into her sample bottles when the thicket rustled.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Using a pair of tweezers, he tweezered the tiny beads into place on the bracelet.

  • He tweezered the fine hairs from his eyebrows to give them a better shape.

Synonyms

to pick
vsto tweezer
241 1.4

To remove unwanted parts like seeds or stems

is more precise and specifically uses a small pointed tool
to lift
vsto tweezer
25 1.0

To take something off a surface carefully

is used with a small pointed tool for tiny delicate objects
to pick off
vsto tweezer
9 4.3

Pull things away one at a time

is more precise and uses a small tool rather than hand pulls
to tweeze
vsto tweezer
3 6.0

Remove small hairs or splinters from the skin using tweezers

is done using a small pointed tool for precise removal

How Precise

to tweezer
6.7
to manipulate
36 4.2
to extract
166 3.9
to pick up
834 1.0
to grab
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

tweezer infinitive
tweezered past
tweezered past participle
tweezing present participle
tweezers third person singular

Etymology

Tweezer as a verb comes from the name of the tool, and a helpful way to remember is that to tweeze is to use those two arms to 'pinch' or 'pull' something out. So to tweezer something is to remove or pick it up with a small pinching tool.