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 condition gap appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A rampage. Examples : "to go on a tear" action disaster event war 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 process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To injure as if by pulling apart. Examples : "He has a torn ligament." body action medicine 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." politics culture emotion mind society 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." action energy 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 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." architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become torn, especially accidentally. Examples : "My dress has torn." action wear material 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 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 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 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 : "The jeweler admired the tears of amber hanging from the necklace, each one perfectly shaped and translucent. " body substance appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. Examples : "The glassblower carefully inspected the vase for imperfections, noting a few tears marring the otherwise smooth surface. " material substance technical industry 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 painful tear, filled with sad songs and cries. " emotion literature suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To produce tears. Examples : "Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind." physiology body sensation Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading