tear

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"

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]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"torn See tear

English

Pronunciation

• /tɔ:n/ (UK)
• /tɔrn/ (GenAm)
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)n

Verb

torn

1. (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

• The past participle of the tear, meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is teared.

Catalan

Etymology

Latin tornus

Noun

torn

1. lathe

Norwegian

Noun

no-noun-c torn

1. A thorn (1)

Old English

Etymology

From West Germanic. Cognate with Old Saxon torn (Dutch toorn), Old High German zorn (German Zorn).

Pronunciation

/torn/

Noun

torn (plural same)

1. anger, anguish, distress

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

torn n

1. tower
2. In the context of "chess|lang=sv": rook

Torn may refer to:

• "Torn" (Evergrey album), a 2008 album by the progressive metal band Evergrey
• "Torn" (Ednaswap song), a 1995 song by Ednaswap, covered by Natalie Imbruglia in 1997
• "Torn" (Abstract Tribe Unique), a 1997 song by Abstract Tribe Unique off of Mood Pieces.
• "Torn" (LeToya Luckett song), a 2006 single by Letoya Luckett
• "Torn" (Creed song), a 1998 song by the band Creed
• Torn (TV series), a 3 part 2007 series which aired on ITV
• "Torn" (Battlestar Galactica), an episode of the television series Battlestar Galactica
• Black Isle's Torn, a cancelled computer role-playing game
• ''Torn can also refer to a character on the video game series Jak and Daxter.

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