Tore

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
     {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
     destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
     zehren to consume, Icel. t>ae/ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
     destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,


     Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. {Darn},
     {Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.]
     1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
        to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
        the skin or flesh.
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              Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
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     2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
        as, a party or government torn by factions.
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     3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
        sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
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              The hand of fate
              Hath torn thee from me.               --Addison.
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     4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
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     5. To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's
        roar." --Byron.
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     {To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
        applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     {To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
        
  
     {To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip.
  
     {To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
        out the eyes.
  
     {To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
        violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
        foundation of government or order.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tore \Tore\,
     imp. of {Tear}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.]
     1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}.
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     2. (Geom.) same as {torus}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tear
       n 1: a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the
            lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
            [syn: {teardrop}]
       2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
          rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
          {rip}, {rent}, {snag}, {split}]
       3: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on
          a bust that lasted three days" [syn: {bust}, {binge}, {bout}]
       4: the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands
          and gave it a mighty tear"
       v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
            "tear the paper" [syn: {rupture}, {snap}, {bust}]
       2: to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger
          of being torn from the crossbars"
       3: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
          "He came charging into my office" [syn: {shoot}, {shoot
          down}, {charge}, {buck}]
       4: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
           {pluck}, {pull}, {deplume}, {deplumate}, {displume}]
       5: fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
       [also: {torn}, {tore}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tore
       n : commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: {torus}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tore
       See {tear}