tore¹ /tōr, tör/ pat and obsolete pap of tear²

tear² /tār/

1. To draw apart or separate with violence
2. To rend, rip, lacerate
3. To cause pain, bitterness, etc to
4. To make (a hole, rent, etc) by tearing

1. To move or act with violence
2. To rush, move very quickly
3. To rage
4. To become torn

1. An act of tearing
2. A rent or hole torn in something
3. A rush (slang)
4. A spree

tearˈable adjective

tearˈer noun

1. Someone or something that tears
2. A boisterous person (slang)

tearˈing adjective

Great, terrible, rushing

tearˈaway noun

A reckless and usu violent young person

adjective

1. Impetuous, reckless
2. Of or relating to a tearaway

tearˈsheet noun

A page, eg in a magazine, perforated to facilitate its removal for reference, etc esp one demonstrating the work of a fashion model, photographer, etc

tear strip noun

A narrow perforated strip on a paper or card wrapper which can be pulled away to facilitate opening (also tearˈ-off strip)

tear webbing noun

Webbing in which two adhering layers form a fold that will tear apart so as to lessen the violence of a sudden strain

tear a (or the) cat (obsolete)

To rant

tear and wear see wear and tear under wear¹

tear apart (informal)

1. To criticize vehemently or destructively
2. To search (eg a room) thoroughly
3. To cause severe distress to

tear a strip off (someone) or tear (someone) off a strip (informal)

To reprimand (someone)

tear away

1. To remove by tearing
2. To remove (oneself) reluctantly

tear down

To demolish violently

tear into

1. To attack physically or verbally
2. To scold furiously

tear off

1. To remove by tearing
2. To depart hurriedly
3. To compose or produce hurriedly

tear one's hair

1. Formerly, to be reduced by grief or rage to tearing out handfuls of one's hair
2. To reach an extreme pitch of frenzy and frustration

tear up

1. To remove violently from a fixed state
2. To pull to pieces

that's torn it! see under torn

torus /tōˈ, töˈrəs/

1. A large moulding, semicircular or nearly so in section, common at the base of a column (architecture)
2. A figure generated by the revolution of a circle or other conic section about a straight line in its own plane (geometry)
3. The receptacle of a flower (botany)
4. A ridge or prominence (zoology, anatomy)
5. A ring-shaped discharge-tube

tore /tōr, tör/ noun (architecture and geometry)

A torus

toric /torˈ, tōrˈ, törˈ/ adjective

Of or having the form of a torus or a part of a torus

toroid /torˈ, tōrˈ, törˈ/ adjective

Shaped like an anchor-ring

A coil or transformer of that shape

toroidˈal adjective

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