tear
/tɪəɹ/ verb C2- To produce tears. · Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
He/she/it tears · Past teared · Past participle teared · -ing form tearing
Verb forms
- Base form
- tear
- He/she/it
- tears
- Past
- teared
- Past participle
- teared
- -ing form
- tearing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- tear along To run quickly along somewhere.
- tear apart Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, ...
- tear away To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that pe...
- tear down To demolish.
- tear into To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- tear off To rip away from; to pull a piece from forcibly.
- tear out To remove by tearing.
- tear up To tear into pieces.
- tear up To start shedding tears.
From the library
“They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers,” replied the Lion, “and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto.
“We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.
“Go to those people,” said the Witch, “and tear them to pieces.”
Other matches
- tear A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the... A2
- tear To rend B1
- tear A hole or break caused by tearing. C2
- tear along To run quickly along somewhere.
- tear apart Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: ...
- tear away To remove
- tear down To demolish.
- tear into To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figur...
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