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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
     Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); 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['i]ran to
     destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
     Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The hand of fate
              Hath torn thee from me.               --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Torn \Torn\,
     p. p. of Tear.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. Tore (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
     Tare) (t[^a]r); p. p. Torn (t[=o]rn); 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['i]ran to
     destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
     Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. 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.
  
              Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
  
     2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
        as, a party or government torn by factions.
  
     3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
        sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
  
              The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.
  
     4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
  
     5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
        roar.'' --Byron.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Torn \Torn\,
     p. p. of Tear.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  torn
       adj 1: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: lacerate, lacerated,
               mangled]
       2: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love
          and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by
          religious dissensions"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  torn
       See tear

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Σουηδικά n.
     πύργος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Cornish n.
     1 (hard mutation of kw dorn)
     2 (mixed mutation of kw dorn)
     Danish n.
     thorn
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo botany) hawthorn bush; thorn
     Faroese n.
     1 tower, belfry, spire
     2 dungeon
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     thorn
     Romanian vb.
     (verb form of ro turna  1 s pres ind//sub ; 3 p pres ind)
     vb.
     (past participle of en tear nocat=1) (rip, rend, speed).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     vb.
     (past participle of en tear nocat=1) (rip, rend, speed).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Cornish n.
     1 (hard mutation of kw dorn)
     2 (mixed mutation of kw dorn)
     Danish n.
     thorn
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo botany) hawthorn bush; thorn
     Faroese n.
     1 tower, belfry, spire
     2 dungeon
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     thorn
     Romanian vb.
     (verb form of ro turna  1 s pres ind//sub ; 3 p pres ind)
     vb.
     (past participle of en tear nocat=1) (rip, rend, speed).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Torn
     Alemannic German n.
     1 thorn
     2 (lb gsw figuratively) door hinge

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Cornish n.
     1 (hard mutation of kw dorn)
     2 (mixed mutation of kw dorn)
     Danish n.
     thorn
     Faroese n.
     (lb fo botany) hawthorn bush; thorn
     Faroese n.
     1 tower, belfry, spire
     2 dungeon
     Norwegian Nynorsk n.
     thorn
     Swedish n.
     1 n tower
     2 n (lb sv chess) rook
     Swedish n.
     c (lb sv botany) thorn

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Torn
     Alemannic German n.
     1 thorn
     2 (lb gsw figuratively) door hinge

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Ruotsi n.
     oka, piikki
     Viro n.
     torni

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en tear ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb tear)
     n.
     1 (tagg: arkitektur) hög smal ihålig byggnad, fristående eller som
  del av större komplex
     2 (tagg: schack) en schackpjäs som går rakt längs rader eller
  kolumner
     3 (tagg: biologi) hårt, spetsigt utskott på växt

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  torn
     n.
     1 (tagg: arkitektur) hög smal ihålig byggnad, fristående eller som
  del av större komplex
     2 (tagg: schack) en schackpjäs som går rakt längs rader eller
  kolumner
     3 (tagg: biologi) hårt, spetsigt utskott på växt

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  torn /tˈɒn/
  thorn

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Torn /tˈɔːn/
  ممزّق

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  torn /tˈɔːn/ 
  rozpolcený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  torn /tˈɔːn/ 
  roztrhaný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  torn /tˈɔːn/ 
  roztrhnutý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  torn /tˈɔːn/ 
  trhán

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  torn /tˈɔːn/ 
  trhaný