tear
🇺🇸
/ter/
🇬🇧
/teə(r)/
verb
B2
Pull apart or cut something, causing it to separate into pieces.
I tore the paper when I tried to open the package.
R
Forcefully make a hole in something.
The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
B2
Roughly remove something from another.
He tore the label off the bottle.
R
Forcefully pull away from something or someone.
She tore herself away from his grip.
R
Injure by overstretching, like a muscle.
He tore his hamstring while sprinting.
R
Move quickly or hastily.
He tore down the hallway to catch the bus.
R
Affected or damaged severely by something.
The city was torn by the civil war.
noun
R
A hole or opening made by tearing.
There's a tear in my jeans.
R
A drop of liquid that comes from the eye when sad or emotional.
A tear rolled down her cheek.
translation
Pull apart or cut something, causing it to separate into pieces.; Forcefully make a hole in something.; Roughly remove something from another.; Forcefully pull away from something or someone.; Injure by overstretching, like a muscle.; Move quickly or hastily.; Affected or damaged severely by something.
A hole or opening made by tearing.; A drop of liquid that comes from the eye when sad or emotional.
Word Forms
3rd Present
tears
Past
tore,teared
Perfect
torn,teared
Progressive
tearing
Plural
tears