Overview of verb tear

The verb tear has 5 senses

• tear, rupture, snap, bust -- (separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper")


• tear -- (to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars")


• tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck -- (move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office")


• pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume -- (strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon")


• tear -- (fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing")

Overview of adj torn

The adj torn has 2 senses

• lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn -- (having edges that are jagged from injury)


• torn -- (disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions")