Showing posts with label tees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tees. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

tease, tees, teas

Tease or tease means to make fun of or annoy, in sport or in a playful way--
He thinks it's fun to tease his little brother, but I think it's mean.
Don't tease the dog!

Tease also means to puff up a hairdo by combing it back into itself--
Does she still tease her hair into a big beehive?

Tees or tees ( rhymes with tease ) is the plural of "tee", meaning a shirt shaped like the letter "T"--
Just pack some jeans and tees; we won't be going out in the evening.
All of his tees are too small.

Tees may also be the plural of "tee", meaning a support for a golf ball, or the mound of dirt it rests on--
He had some tees in his pocket, and he sat on them.
Whose tees are these?

Tees may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it ) form of "tee", meaning to strike a golf ball supported by a tee, or to take the first swing in a game of golf--
He tees off every morning at eight.

Teas or teas ( rhymes with tease ) is the plural of "tea", meaning the beverage made from leaves--
This shop has teas of nearly every kind.
She makes herbal teas with plants from her garden.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"He wears tees with pictures of different teas on them; try not to tease him about them."