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English

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishteren, fromOld Englishteran(“to tear, lacerate”), fromProto-Germanic*teraną(“to tear, tear apart, rip”), fromProto-Indo-European*der-(“to tear, tear apart”).

Cognate withScotstere,teir,tair(“to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out”),Dutchteren(“to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption”),Germanzehren(“to consume, misuse”),Germanzerren(“to tug, rip, tear”),Danishtære(“to consume”),Swedishtära(“to fret, consume, deplete, use up”),Icelandictæra(“to clear, corrode”). Outside Germanic, cognate toAncient Greekδέρω(dérō,“to skin”),Albanianther(“to slay, skin, pierce”).Doublet oftire.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tear (third-person singular simple presenttears,present participletearing,simple pasttore,past participletornor(now colloquial and nonstandard)tore)

  2. (transitive) Torend (a solid material) byholding orrestraining in two places and pulling apart, whetherintentionally or not; todestroy orseparate.
    Hetore his coat on the nail.
    • 1886,Gustave Flaubert, translated byEleanor Marx-Aveling,Madame Bovary, published1856, Part III Chapter XI:
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound andtore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
      He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinaforetorn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.
  4. (transitive) Toinjure as if by pulling apart.
    Hetore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.
  5. (transitive) Todestroy orreduceabstractunity orcoherence, such associal,political oremotional.
    He wastorn by conflicting emotions.
  6. (transitive) To make (an opening) withforce orenergy.
    A piece of debristore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
    His boss willtear him a new one when he finds out.
    The artillerytore a gap in the line.
  7. (transitive, often withoff or out) Toremove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
    Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
    • 2012, Max Overton,Horemheb:
      [A] surge of muddy watertore him free from his sandy nook and tumbled him down the gully.
  8. (transitive, of structures, withdown) Todemolish.
    The slums weretorn down to make way for the new development.
  9. (intransitive) To become torn, especiallyaccidentally.
    My dress hastorn.
  10. (intransitive) Tomove or act with greatspeed,energy, orviolence.
    He wenttearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
    The tornado lingered,tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.
    Hetore into the backlog of complaints.
  11. (intransitive) Tosmash orenter something with greatforce.
    The chain shottore into the approaching line of infantry.
Synonyms
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  • (break):rend,rip
  • (remove by tearing): rip out, tear off, tear out
Derived terms
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terms derived fromtear (verb)
Translations
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to rend
to injure as if by pulling apart
to destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence
to make an opening with force or energy
to remove by tearing
to demolish; to tear down—see alsodemolish
to become torn
to move at excessive speed, act with energy
to smash or enter something with great force

Noun

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tear (pluraltears)

  1. Ahole orbreak caused by tearing.
    A smalltear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
  2. (slang) Arampage.
    to go on atear
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Translations
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hole or break caused by tearing

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
A child producingtears.

FromMiddle Englishteer(“tear”), fromOld Englishtēar, fromProto-West Germanic*tahr, fromProto-Germanic*tahrą(“tear”), fromProto-Indo-European*dáḱru-(“tears”).

Cognates includeOld Norsetár (Danishtåre andNorwegiantåre),Old High Germanzahar (GermanZähre),Gothic𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂(tagr),Irishdeoir andLatinlacrima.

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Noun

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tear (pluraltears)

  2. Adrop of clear, salty liquid produced from theeyes bycrying orirritation.
    There were bigtears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.
    Ryan wiped thetear from the paper he was crying on.
  3. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
  4. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
  5. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
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Translations
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drop of clear salty liquid from the eyes
something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter

Verb

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tear (third-person singular simple presenttears,present participletearing,simple past and past participleteared)

  1. (intransitive) Toproduce tears.
    Her eyes began totear in the harsh wind.
Translations
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to produce tears

Anagrams

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Galician

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Tear ("loom")

Etymology

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Tea(“cloth”) +‎-ar. ComparePortuguesetear andSpanishtelar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tear m (pluralteares)

  1. loom

References

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Middle English

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Noun

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tear

  1. (Early Middle English)Alternative form ofteer(“tear”)

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromProto-West Germanic*tahr.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tēar m

  1. tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct)
    tēar ġēotan
    to shed atear

Declension

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Stronga-stem:

singularplural
nominativetēartēaras
accusativetēartēaras
genitivetēarestēara
dativetēaretēarum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Portuguese

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FWOTD – 22 July 2019

Etymology

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Fromteia +‎-ar.

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  • Hyphenation:te‧ar

Noun

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tear m (pluralteares)

  1. loom(machine used to make cloth out of thread)
    • 1878, Joaquim Pedro Oliveira Martins,O hellenismo e a civilisação christan, publ. by the widow Bertand & Co., page 24.
      Procuro o motivo, Lysidice, porque gravaram na tua louza estes emblemas: um bridão, um freio, o passaro que abunda em Tanagro, vivo e bellicoso, não costumam convir nem agradar á mulheres sedentarias que amam otear e a roca.
      I am trying to find out why they carved these emblems into your tombstone, Lysidice: a bridoon, a bit, the bird that is common in Tanagro, lively and warlike; they are usually neither convenient nor pleasant to sedentary women who love theloom and the distaff.

West Frisian

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Etymology

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(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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tear c (pluraltearen,diminutivetearke)

  1. fold
  2. crease

Further reading

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  • “tear (I)”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
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