0 past simple and past participle of tease
1 to laugh at someone or say unkind things about them, either because you are joking or because you want to upset that person:
2 to hold your hair away from your head and brush it towards your head with a comb, in order to make it look thicker
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.