tear
Pronunciation 1 Verb
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Pronunciation 1 Verb
tear (tears, present participle tearing; past tore, past participle torn)
(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. - 1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling, translator, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856, Part III Chapter XI,
- He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinafore torn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.
- He tore his coat on the nail.
- 1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling, translator, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856, Part III Chapter XI,
- (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
- He has a torn ligament.
- He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
- (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- He was torn by conflicting emotions.
- (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
- His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out.
- The artillery tore a gap in the line.
- (transitive, often, with off or out) To remove by tearing.
- Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
- (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish
- The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- My dress has torn.
- (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
- The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.
- He tore into the backlog of complaints.
- (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
- The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
- tearaway
- tear apart
- tear down
- tear into
- tear up
- that's torn it
- wear and tear
- retear
- French: déchirer
- German: reißen, zerreißen
- Italian: strappare, dilaniare
- Portuguese: rasgar
- Russian: рвать
- Spanish: rasgar
- French: déchirer, détacher
- German: herausreißen, abreißen
- Italian: strappare, staccare
- Portuguese: destacar, arrancar, rasgar
- Russian: отрыва́ть
- Spanish: arrancar
- French: démolir
- German: abreißen
- Italian: demolire
- Portuguese: demolir
- Russian: разруша́ть
- Spanish: demoler
- French: déchirer
- German: reißen, einreißen, abreißen, zerreißen
- Italian: strapparsi
- Portuguese: rasgar
- Russian: рва́ться
- Spanish: desgarrar
- Italian: andare sparato
- Russian: нести́сь
tear (plural tears)
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
- (slang) A rampage.
- to go on a tear
- French: déchirure
- German: Riss
- Italian: strappo, squarcio
- Portuguese: rasgo, fenda, buraco
- Russian: разры́в
tear (plural tears)
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. - There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.
- Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- Let Araby extol her happy coast, / Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
tear (tears, present participle tearing; past and past participle teared)
- (intransitive) To produce tears.
- Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
- French: larmoyer
- German: tränen
- Portuguese: chorar, lacrimejar
- Spanish: lagrimear
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