tore
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: tô, IPA: /tɔː/
- (America) enPR: tôr, IPA: /tɔɹ/
- (rhotic, horse-hoarse) enPR: tōr, IPA: /to(ː)ɹ/
- (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /toə/
tore
- (dialectal or obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
- (dialectal or obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
- (dialectal or obsolete) Full; rich.
- simple past tense of tear.
- (now, colloquial, nonstandard) Past participle of tear
- 1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XVI, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: Printed for R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], OCLC 959921526 ↗, page 71 ↗:
- Upon my honor, Sir, you have tore every bit of ſkin quite off the back of both my hands with your forceps, cried my uncle Toby{{...}
tore (plural tores)
- (architecture) Alternative form of torus
- (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
- The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
tore (uncountable)
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