tweeze means to pluck or grasp using tweezers. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
tweeze is pronounced /twiz/.
verb
- To pluck or grasp using tweezers.“Stamp-men tweeze their treasures to avoid smudging, wear, tear; to hold them up to the light or pick them out of benzine baths in search of watermarks.”
- To shape by plucking out hairs with tweezers.“Here Mrs. Lawrence had smiled to soften the anxiety of her blue eyes under their frowning, carefully tweezed brows.”
- To pluck out hairs using tweezers.“Word to the wise: if you must tweeze solo, stick to plucking only the obvious stray hairs.”