noun Download 🔗Share A hole or break caused by tearing. Examples : "A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam." material wear gap essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rampage. Examples : "to go on a tear" action event essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. Examples : "He tore his coat on the nail." action material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To injure as if by pulling apart. Examples : "He has a torn ligament." action body medicine essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. Examples : "He was torn by conflicting emotions." society emotion politics state war government organization action abstract condition essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make (an opening) with force or energy. Examples : "A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite." energy action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (often with off or out) To remove by tearing. Examples : "Tear the coupon out of the newspaper." action part essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of structures, with down) To demolish Examples : "The slums were torn down to make way for the new development." building architecture structure essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become torn, especially accidentally. Examples : "My dress has torn." action material essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence. Examples : "He tore into the backlog of complaints." action energy essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To smash or enter something with great force. Examples : "The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry." action essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. Examples : "Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on." physiology body sensation emotion essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. Examples : "A single tear rolled down her cheek as she read the sad letter from her grandmother. " substance material chemistry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. Examples : "The glassmaker carefully examined the molten glass, noting a small tear within the mixture. " material substance technical industry essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. Examples : "The death of her grandmother was a profound tear, filled with sadness and longing. " emotion literature music soul suffering essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To produce tears. Examples : "Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind." physiology body essential Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading