Term: tease: the act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously (especially by ridicule); provoking someone with persistent annoyances
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: ectoproct: sessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles → 0
Candidate hypernym: rheostat: resistor for regulating current → 0
Candidate hypernym: nynorsk: one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects → 0
Candidate hypernym: legume: the fruit or seed of any of various bean or pea plants consisting of a case that splits along both sides when ripe and having the seeds attach to one side of the case → 0
Candidate hypernym: suspense: an uncertain cognitive state → 0
Candidate hypernym: shortness: the property of being truncated or short → 0
Candidate hypernym: fisherman's bend: a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring → 0
Candidate hypernym: khowar: a Dardic language spoken in northwestern Pakistan → 0
Candidate hypernym: deficiency disease: any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) → 0
Candidate hypernym: flying school: a school for teaching students to fly airplanes → 0