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tare

1  [tair] ,
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–noun
1. any of various vetches, esp. Vicia sativa.
2. the seed of a vetch.
3. Bible. a noxious weed, probably the darnel.
Origin:
1300–50; ME: vetch; akin to D tarwe wheat

tare

2  [tair] ,noun, verb, tared, tar⋅ing.
–noun
1. the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
2. a deduction from the gross weight to allow for this.
3. the weight of a vehicle without cargo, passengers, etc.
4. a counterweight used in chemical analysis to balance the weight of a container.
5. a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter T.
–verb (used with object)
6. to ascertain, note, or allow for the tare of.
Origin:
1480–90; < MF (equiv. to ML, It, Pr, Sp, Pg tara, Sp atara) ≪ Ar ṭarḥah what one throws away, deriv. of ṭaraḥa to throw away

tare

3  [tair] ,
–verb Archaic.
pt. and pp. of tear 2 .

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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tare 1   (târ)   
n.  

  1. Any of various weedy plants of the genus Vicia, especially the common vetch.

  2. Any of several weedy plants that grow in grain fields.

  3. tares An unwelcome or objectionable element.


[Middle English.]
tare 2   (târ)   
n.  

  1. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.

  2. A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container.

  3. Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.

tr.v.   tared, tar·ing, tares
To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare.

[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ṭarḥ, rejection, subtraction, from ṭaraḥa, to throw away; see ṭrḥ in Semitic roots.]
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Slang Dictionary
tear [tɛr]

  1. n.
    a wild drinking bout. (See also rip.) : Sally is off on a tear again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tare  (1)
"kind of fodder plant, vetch," c.1330, perhaps cognate with M.Du. tarwe "wheat," from P.Gmc. *tarwo, cognate with Bret. draok, Welsh drewg "darnel," Skt. durva "a kind of millet grass," Gk. darata, daratos "bread," Lith. dirva "a wheat-field." Used in 2nd Wycliffe version (1388) of Matt. xxiii:25 to render Gk. zizania as a weed among corn (earlier darnel and cockle had been used in this place); hence fig. use for "something noxious sown among something good" (1711).

tare  (2)
"difference between gross and net weight," 1486, from M.Fr. tare "wastage in goods, deficiency, imperfection" (15c.), from It. tara, from Arabic tarah, lit. "thing deducted or rejected," from taraha "to reject."

tear  (n.)
"water from the eye," O.E. tear, from earlier teahor, tæhher, from P.Gmc. *takh-, *tagr- (cf. O.N., O.Fris. tar, O.H.G. zahar, Ger. Zähre, Goth. tagr "tear"), from PIE *dakru-/*draku- (cf. L. lacrima, Old L. dacrima, Ir. der, Welsh deigr, Gk. dakryma). The O.E. verb tæherian did not survive into M.E.; the modern verb is attested from c.1650, mainly in Amer.Eng. Tear gas first recorded 1917; tear-jerker is attested from 1921 (first in ref. to writing of James Whitcomb Riley), on model of soda jerker.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1tare
Pronunciation: 'ta(&)r, 'te(&)r
Function: noun
1 : a deduction from the gross weight of a substance and itscontainer made in allowance for the weight of the container
2 : an empty vessel that is similar in physical properties to a weighing container and that is used as a counterbalanceto compensate for changes in the weight of the weighing container due to changes in environmental conditions (as temperature or moisture)

Main Entry: 2tare
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: tared; tar·ing
: to ascertain or mark the tare of; especially : to weigh so as to determine the tare

Main Entry: 4tear
Function: noun
: a wound made by tearing a bodily part tear> tear in hisrotator cuff>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tear 2 (tēr)
n.
A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lacrimal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

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