āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
02
a short period of excessive eating or drinking
03
a hole or rip caused by pulling something apart
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She noticed a tear in the wrapping paper.
04
the action of ripping or pulling something apart
to tear
01
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to forcibly pull something apart into pieces
Transitive: to tear sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The child accidentally tore the page while turning it in the book.
āĻŦāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ accidentally āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻāĻĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to produce drops of salty liquid from the eyes
Dialect
American
AmericanIntransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old man could n't help but tear as he reminisced about his late wife.
āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
03
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much
Transitive: to tear a muscle
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She felt a sharp pain in her shoulder after tearing a ligament while lifting weights.
āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to split or separate into pieces
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old book 's pages are starting to tear from years of use.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
05
āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ˛āĻž
to move swiftly and energetically
Intransitive: to tear somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The race car tore down the straightaway at breakneck speed.
āĻ°ā§āĻ¸ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻā§āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
tearful
tearless
teary
tear
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
