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* Ainu: {{tø|ain|ヤサ|tr=yasa}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|مزق|tr=mázzaqa}}
* Arabic: {{t-|ar|مزق|tr=mázzaqa}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|պատռել|tr=patṙel}}, {{t-|hy|ճղել|tr=č̣ġel}}
* Armenian: {{t-|hy|պատռել|tr=patṙel}}, {{t-|hy|ճղել|tr=č̣ġel}}
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* Irish: {{t-|ga|stróic}}
* Irish: {{t-|ga|stróic}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|strappare}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|strappare}}
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* Japanese: {{t-|ja|破る|tr=やぶる, yaburu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|引き裂く|tr=[[ひきさく]], hikisaku|sc=Jpan}}
* Japanese: {{t-|ja|破る|tr=やぶる, yaburu|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|引き裂く|tr=[[ひきさく]], hikisaku|sc=Jpan}}
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* Korean: {{t+|ko|찢다|tr=jjitda|sc=Kore}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|찢다|tr=jjitda|sc=Kore}}
* Kurdish:
* Kurdish:

Revision as of 02:12, 18 December 2012

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) teran, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: tâ, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/tɛə/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: târ, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/tɛɚ/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-tear-verb.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

Verb

tear (third-person singular simple present tears, present participle tearing, simple past tore, past participle torn)

  1. Template:transitive To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
    • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
      He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinafore torn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.
    He tore his coat on the nail.
  2. Template:transitive To injure as if by pulling apart.
    He has a torn ligament.
    He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
  3. Template:transitive To cause to lose some kind of unity or coherence.
    He was torn by conflicting emotions.
  4. Template:transitive To make (an opening) with force or energy.
    A piece of debris tore' a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
    His boss will tear' him a new one when he finds out.
    The artillery tore' a gap in the line.
  5. Template:transitive To remove by tearing.
    Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
  6. Template:transitive To demolish
    The slums were torn down to make way for the new development
  7. Template:intransitive To become torn, especially accidentally.
    My dress has torn.
  8. Template:intransitive To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
    He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
    The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.
    He tore into the backlog of complaints.
  9. Template:intransitive To smash or enter something with great force.
    The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
Synonyms
  • (break): rend, rip
  • (remove by tearing): rip out, tear off, tear out
terms derived from tear (verb)

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Translations

Noun

tear (plural tears)

  1. A hole or break caused by tearing.
    A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
Derived terms
Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

A girl producing tears

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) tēar, from an earlier form (deprecated template usage) teahor, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons. Cognates include Old Norse (deprecated template usage) tár (Danish (deprecated template usage) tåre and Norwegian (deprecated template usage) tåre), Old High German (deprecated template usage) zahar (German (deprecated template usage) Zähre), Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: tî, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/tɪə/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: tîr, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/tɪɚ/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-tear-noun.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "tier" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (layer or rank)

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

tear (plural tears)

  1. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
    There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.
    Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

tear (third-person singular simple present tears, present participle tearing, simple past and past participle teared)

  1. Template:intransitive To produce tears.
    Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
Translations

Anagrams

Old English

Pronunciation

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons. Germanic cognates include Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) tār, Old High German (deprecated template usage) zahar (German (deprecated template usage) Zähre, originally plural), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) tár (Swedish (deprecated template usage) tår).

Noun

tēar ?

  1. tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)

Portuguese

Etymology

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Noun

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  1. loom

West Frisian

Noun

tear

  1. tar
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