tear \tear\ t^ar, v. t. imp. tore t=or, obs.
   tare t^ar; p. p. torn t=orn; 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'iran to
   destroy, lith. dirti to flay, russ. drate to pull, to tear,
   gr. de`rein to flay, skr. dar to burst. root63. 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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see also:
tore tare torn tearing darn epidermis 
tarre tirade to tear a cat to tear down to tear off 
to tear out to tear up 

tore \tore\, n. probably from the root of tear; cf. w. t'or a
   break, cut, t'ori to break, cut.
   the dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and
   spring. prov. eng. --mortimer.
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tore \tore\,
   imp. of tear.
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tear 

tore \tore\, n. see torus.
   1. arch. same as torus.
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   2. geom. same as torus.
      pjc
see also:
torus torus 

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
see also:
teardrop rip rent snag split bust 
binge bout rupture snap shoot 
shoot down charge buck pluck pull 
deplume deplumate displume torn tore 

tore
     n : commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column syn: torus
see also:
torus 

tore
     see tear
see also:
tear