Found 2 items, similar to Tore.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: tore
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”
[also:
torn,
tore]
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]
tore
n : commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn:
torus]
tore
See
tear
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Tore
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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Tore
\Tore\,
imp. of
Tear.
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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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Tore
\Tore\, n. [See
Torus.]
1. (Arch.) Same as
Torus.
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2. (Geom.) same as
torus.
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