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tore

1 [tawr, tohr]

–verb

1.	pt. of tear ² .

2.	Nonstandard. a pp. of tear ² .

tore

2 [tawr, tohr]

–noun

a torus.

Origin:
< F < L torus

tear

1 [teer]

–noun

1.	a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid, serving to moisten and lubricate these parts and keep them clear of foreign particles.

2.	this fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief.

3.	something resembling or suggesting a tear, as a drop of a liquid or a tearlike mass of a solid substance, esp. having a spherical or globular shape at one end and tapering to a point at the other.

4.	Glassmaking. a decorative air bubble enclosed in a glass vessel; air bell.

5.	tears, grief; sorrow.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to fill up and overflow with tears, as the eyes.

—Idiom

7.	in tears, weeping: He was in tears over the death of his dog.

Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME teer, OE tēar, tehher, taeher; c. OHG zahar, ON tār, Goth tagr, Gk dákry, L lacrima (see lachrymal ); (v.) ME teren, OE teheran, in teherende (ger.), deriv. of the n.

tear

2 [tair]

verb, tore or (Archaic

) tare, torn or (Archaic

) tare, tear⋅ing; noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to pull apart or in pieces by force, esp. so as to leave ragged or irregular edges.

2.	to pull or snatch violently; wrench away with force: to tear wrappings from a package; to tear a book from someone's hands.

3.	to distress greatly: anguish that tears the heart.

4.	to divide or disrupt: a country torn by civil war.

5.	to wound or injure by or as if by rending; lacerate.

6.	to produce or effect by rending: to tear a hole in one's coat.

7.	to remove by force or effort: to be unable to tear oneself from a place.

–verb (used without object)

8.	to become torn.

9.	to make a tear or rent.

10.	to move or behave with force, violent haste, or energy: The wind tore through the trees; cars tearing up and down the highway; I was tearing around all afternoon trying to find sandals for the beach.

–noun

11.	the act of tearing.

12.	a rent or fissure.

13.	a rage or passion; violent flurry or outburst.

14.	Informal. a spree.

—Verb phrases

15.

tear at,

a.	to pluck violently at; attempt to tear: She tore at the bandages until they loosened.

b.	to distress; afflict: remorse that tears at one's soul.

16.

tear down,

a.	to pull down; destroy; demolish.

b.	to disparage or discredit: to tear down one's friends behind their backs.

17.

tear into, Informal.

a.	to attack impulsively and heedlessly: He tore into the food with a will.

b.	to attack verbally: She tore into him for being late for dinner.

18.	tear off, Slang. to perform or do, esp. rapidly or casually: to tear off a poem; to tear off a set of tennis.

19.

tear up,

a.	to tear into small shreds: He tore up the drawings because she had criticized them.

b.	to cancel or annul: to tear up a contract.

—Idioms

20.	tear it, Slang. to ruin all hope; spoil everything.

21.	tear one's hair, to tug at one's hair, as with anger or sorrow. Also, tear one's hair out.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME teren (v.), OE teran; c. D teren, G zehren to consume, Goth distairan to destroy, Gk dérein to flay

Related forms:

tear⋅a⋅ble, adjective

tear⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun

tearer, noun

Synonyms:
1. Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or violence in tearing apart or in pieces: to rend one's clothes in grief. Rip implies vigorous tearing asunder, esp. along a seam or line: to rip the sleeves out of a coat. 3. shatter, afflict. 4. split. 5. cut, mangle. 12. rip.

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tear¹ (târ)

v. tore (tôr, tōr), torn (tôrn, tōrn), tear·ing, tears

v. tr.

To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.
To make (an opening) by ripping: tore a hole in my stocking.
To lacerate (the skin, for example).
To separate forcefully; wrench: tore the wrappings off the present.
To divide or disrupt: was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.

v. intr.

To become torn.
To move with heedless speed; rush headlong.

The act of tearing.
The result of tearing; a rip or rent.
A great rush; a hurry.
Slang A carousal; a spree.
To move about in excited, often angry haste.
To lead a wild life.
To pull at or attack violently: The dog tore at the meat.
To distress greatly: Their plight tore at his heart.
To demolish: tear down old tenements.
To take apart; disassemble: tear down an engine.
To vilify or denigrate.
To tear to pieces.
To make an opening in: tore up the sidewalk to add a drain.

Phrasal Verb(s):
tear around Informal

To move about in excited, often angry haste.
To lead a wild life.

tear at

To pull at or attack violently: The dog tore at the meat.
To distress greatly: Their plight tore at his heart.

tear awayTo remove (oneself, for example) unwillingly or reluctantly.
tear down

To demolish: tear down old tenements.
To take apart; disassemble: tear down an engine.
To vilify or denigrate.

tear intoTo attack with great vigor or violence: tore into the food; tore into his opponent.
tear off Informal To produce hurriedly and casually: tearing off article after news article.
tear up

To tear to pieces.
To make an opening in: tore up the sidewalk to add a drain.

Idiom(s):
tear (one's) hairTo be greatly upset or distressed.

[Middle English teren, from Old English teran; see der- in Indo-European roots.]
tear'er n.

Synonyms: These verbs mean to separate or pull apart by force. Tear involves pulling something apart or into pieces: "She tore the letter in shreds" (Edith Wharton).
Rip implies rough or forcible tearing: Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards.
Rend usually refers to violent tearing or wrenching apart: "Come as the winds come, when/Forests are rended" (Sir Walter Scott).
To split is to cut or break something into parts or layers, especially along its entire length or along a natural line of division: "They [wood stumps] warmed me twice—once while I was splitting them, and again when they were on the fire" (Henry David Thoreau).
Cleave most often refers to splitting with or as if with a sharp instrument: The butcher cleft the side of beef into smaller portions.

tore¹ (tôr, tōr)

v. Past tense of tear¹.

tore² (tôr, tōr)

n. See torus.

[French, from Latin torus.]

to·rus (tôr'əs, tōr'-)

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n. pl. to·ri (tôr'ī, tōr'ī)

Architecture A large convex molding, semicircular in cross section, located at the base of a classical column.
Anatomy A bulging or rounded projection or swelling.
Botany The receptacle of a flower.
Mathematics A toroid generated by a circle; a surface having the shape of a doughnut. Also called tore².

[Latin, bulge, knot, torus.]

Tore

Tore\, imp. of Tear.

Tore

Tore\, n. [Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. t['o]r a break, cut, t['o]ri to break, cut.] The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.

Tore

Tore\, n. [See Torus.]

1. (Arch.) Same as Torus.

2. (Geom.) (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an anchor ring.

Language Translation for : Tore

Spanish: atraverse, osar,

German: wagen,

Japanese: あえて～する

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