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. [1913 Webster] Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. [1913 Webster] 3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. [1913 Webster] The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. [1913 Webster] 5. To move violently; to agitate. “Once I loved torn ocean's roar.” --Byron. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Tore \Tore\, imp. of Tear. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Tore \Tore\, n. [See Torus.] 1. (Arch.) Same as Torus. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geom.) same as torus. [PJC]