The Wordsmith Dictionary

Tear, n. Etym: [AS. teár; akin to G. zärhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. &Icel. tar, Sw. tår, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. der, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. Lachrymose. ]

1. (Physiol.)

Defn: A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids. And yet for thee ne wept she never a tear. Chaucer.

2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. Let Araby extol her happy coast, Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears. Dryden.

3. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. [R.] "Some melodous tear. " Milton.

Note: Tear is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tear-distilling, tear-drop, tear-filled, tear-stained, and the like.

TEAR

Tear, v. t. [imp. Tore, ((Obs. Tare ) (; p. p. Torn; p. pr. & vb. n.Tearing. ] Etym: [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. tæra, Goth. gataíran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. dar to burst. *63. Cf. Darn, Epidermis, Tarre, Tirade. ]

1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. Shak.

2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. Addison.

4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

5. To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's roar. " Byron. To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs. ] Shak. -- To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. -- To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. -- To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. -- To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.

TEAR

TEAR Tear, v. i.

1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

TEAR

TEAR Tear, n.

Defn: The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. Macaulay. Wear and tear. See under Wear, n.

TEARER

TEARER Tear "er, n.

Defn: One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.

TEAR-FALLING

TEAR-FALLING Tear "-fall `ing, a.

Defn: Shedding tears; tender. [Poetic ] "Tear-falling pity. " Shak.

TEARFUL

TEARFUL Tear "ful, a.

Defn: Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes. -- Tear "ful *ly, adv. -- Tear "ful *ness, n.

TEARLESS

TEARLESS Tear "less, a.

Defn: Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling. -- Tear "less *ly, adv. -- Tear "less *ness, n.

TEARPIT

TEARPIT Tear "pit `, n. (Anat. )

Defn: A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

TEAR-THUMB

TEAR-THUMB Tear "-thumb `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

TEARY

TEARY Tear "y, a.

1. Wet with tears; tearful.

2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tear

tear 1 |te (ə )r ter | ▶verb ( past tore |tôr |; past participle torn |tôrn | ) 1 [ with obj. ] pull or rip (something ) apart or to pieces with force: I tore up the letter. • remove by pulling or ripping forcefully: he tore up the floorboards | he tore off his belt | Joe tore the sack from her hand. • make a hole or split in (something ) by pulling it or piercing it with a sharp implement: she was always tearing her clothes. • make (a hole or split ) in something by force: the blast tore a hole in the wall. • [ no obj. ] come apart; rip: the material wouldn't tear. • damage (a muscle or ligament ) by overstretching it: he tore a ligament playing squash. 2 [ no obj. ] informal move very quickly, typically in a reckless or excited manner: she tore along the footpath on her bike. 3 (be torn ) be in a state of uncertainty between two conflicting options or parties: he was torn between his duty and his better instincts. ▶noun |tɛ (ə )r | 1 a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully. 2 informal a spell of great success or excellence in performance: he went on a tear, winning three out of every four hands. • informal a brief spell of erratic behavior; a binge or spree: every so often she goes on a tear, walking around town and zapping people with orange spray paint. PHRASES tear one's hair out informal act with or show extreme desperation. that's torn it Brit. informal used to express dismay when something unfortunate has happened to disrupt someone's plans: a friend of her father's arrived. “That's torn it, ” she said. PHRASAL VERBS tear someone /something apart 1 destroy something, esp. good relations between people: a bloody civil war had torn the country apart. 2 upset someone greatly: stop crying —it's tearing me apart. 3 criticize someone or something harshly. tear oneself away [ often with negative ] leave despite a strong desire to stay: she couldn't tear herself away from the view. tear someone /something down 1 demolish something, esp. a building. 2 informal criticize or punish someone severely. tear into 1 attack verbally: she tore into him: “Don't you realize what you've done to me? ” 2 make an energetic or enthusiastic start on: a jazz trio is tearing into the tune with gusto. DERIVATIVES tear a ble adjective, tear er noun ORIGIN Old English teran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teren and German zehren, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek derein ‘flay. ’ The noun dates from the early 17th cent.

tear

tear 2 |ti (ə )r tɪr | ▶noun a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye when they cry or when the eye is irritated. • (tears ) the state or action of crying: he was so hurt by her attitude he was nearly in tears | puppets that moved Jack to tears . ▶verb |tɪ (ə )r | [ no obj. ] (of the eye ) produce tears: the freezing wind made her eyes tear. DERIVATIVES tear like |-ˌlīk |adjective ORIGIN Old English tēar, of Germanic origin; related to German Zähre, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Latin dacruma (classical Latin lacrima ) and Greek dakru.

tearaway

tear a way |ˈte (ə )rəˌwā ˈtɛrəˌweɪ | ▶noun Brit. a person who behaves in a wild or reckless manner.

teardown

tear down |ˈte (ə )rdoun ˈtɛ (ə )rdaʊn | ▶noun informal an act of completely dismantling something: an engine teardown. • an act of demolishing a building, usually to build a new one on the same plot: every teardown has an impact on the look and feel of a community. • a building bought solely for this purpose: a $2 million teardown.

teardrop

tear drop |ˈti (ə )rˌdräp ˈtɪ (ə )rˌdrɑp | ▶noun a single tear. • [ as modifier ] shaped like a single tear: a wardrobe with brass teardrop handles.

tear duct

tear duct |ti (ə )r ˈtɪ (ə )r ˌdəkt | ▶noun a passage through which tears pass from the lachrymal glands to the eye or from the eye to the nose.

tearful

tear ful |ˈti (ə )rfəl ˈtɪ (ə )rfəl | ▶adjective crying or inclined to cry: a tearful infant | Stephen felt tearful. • causing tears; sad or emotional: a tearful farewell. DERIVATIVES tear ful ly adverb, tear ful ness noun

tear gas

tear gas |ti (ə )r ˈtɪ (ə )r ˌɡæs | ▶noun gas that causes severe irritation to the eyes, chiefly used in riot control to force crowds to disperse. ▶verb ( tear-gas ) [ with obj. ] (usu. be tear-gassed ) attack with tear gas.

tearing

tear ing |ˈte (ə )riNG ˈtɛrɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] violent; extreme: he did seem to be in a tearing hurry | the tearing wind.

tearjerker

tear jerk er |ˈti (ə )rˌjərkər ˈtɪərˌʤɛrkər | ▶noun informal a sentimental story, movie, or song, calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy. DERIVATIVES tear jerk ing |-ˌjərkiNG |noun & adjective

tearless

tear less |ˈti (ə )rlis ˈtɪərləs | ▶adjective not crying: Mary watched in tearless silence as the coffin was lowered. DERIVATIVES tear less ly adverb, tear less ness noun

tear-off

tear-off |te (ə )r ˈtɛr ˌɔf | ▶adjective denoting something that is removed by being torn off, typically along a perforated line: please complete the tear-off slip.

tearoom

tea room |ˈtēˌro͞om, -ˌro͝om ˈtirum |(also tea room ) ▶noun 1 a small restaurant or cafe where tea and other light refreshments are served. 2 informal a public restroom used as a meeting place for homosexual encounters.

tear sheet

tear sheet |te (ə )r ˈtɛrʃit | ▶noun a page that can be or has been removed from a newspaper, magazine, or book for use separately.

tear-stained

tear-stained |ti (ə )r tɪ (ə )r steɪnd | ▶adjective wet with tears: I looked at the man's tear-stained face.

Oxford Dictionary

tear

tear 1 |tɛː | ▶verb ( past tore |tɔː |; past participle torn |tɔːn | ) 1 [ with obj. and adverbial ] pull (something ) apart or to pieces with force: I tore up the letter | figurative : a nation torn asunder by political pressures. • remove by pulling forcefully: he tore up the floorboards. • [ with obj. ] make a hole or split in (something ) by pulling it or piercing it with a sharp implement: she was always tearing her clothes. • make (a hole or split ) in something by force: the blast tore a hole in the wall. • [ no obj. ] come apart; rip: the material wouldn't tear. • [ with obj. ] damage (a muscle or ligament ) by overstretching it: he tore a ligament playing squash. 2 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] informal move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner: she tore along the footpath on her bike. 3 (be torn ) be in a state of uncertainty between two conflicting options or parties: he was torn between his duty and his better instincts. ▶noun a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully. PHRASES tear one's hair out informal feel extreme desperation. tear someone off a strip (or tear a strip off someone ) Brit. informal rebuke someone angrily. that's torn it Brit. informal used to express dismay when something unfortunate has happened to disrupt one's plans. PHRASAL VERBS tear someone /thing apart 1 destroy something, especially good relations between people: a bloody civil war had torn the country apart. 2 upset someone greatly: stop crying —it's tearing me apart. 3 criticize someone or something harshly. tear oneself away [ often with negative ] leave despite a strong desire to stay: she couldn't tear herself away from the view. tear someone /thing down 1 demolish something, especially a building. 2 US informal criticize or punish someone severely. tear into 1 attack verbally: she tore into him: ‘Don't you realize what you've done to me? ’. 2 make an energetic or enthusiastic start on: a jazz trio are tearing into the tune with gusto. DERIVATIVES tearable adjective, tearer noun ORIGIN Old English teran, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch teren and German zehren, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek derein ‘flay ’. The noun dates from the early 17th cent.

tear

tear 2 |tɪə | ▶noun a drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye when they cry or when the eye is irritated. ▶verb [ no obj. ] US (of the eye ) produce tears: the freezing wind made her eyes tear. PHRASES in tears crying: he was so hurt by her attitude he was nearly in tears. without tears (of a subject ) presented so as to be learned or achieved easily: tennis without tears. [first used in the titles of books by F. L. Mortimer, such as Reading without Tears (1857 ) and Latin without Tears (1877 ).]DERIVATIVES tear-like adjective, teary adjective ( tearier, teariest ) ORIGIN Old English tēar, of Germanic origin; related to German Zähre, from an Indo-European root shared by Old Latin dacruma (Latin lacrima ) and Greek dakru.

tearaway

tear |away |ˈtɛːrəweɪ | ▶noun Brit. a person who behaves in a wild or reckless manner.

teardown

teardown |ˈtɛːdaʊn | ▶noun US informal an act of completely dismantling something: an engine teardown. • a house in good repair bought for the express purpose of demolishing it and building a larger one on the same plot: a $2 million teardown. • an act of demolishing a teardown house: every teardown has an impact on the look and feel of a community.

teardrop

tear |drop |ˈtɪədrɒp | ▶noun a single tear. • [ as modifier ] shaped like a single tear: a wardrobe with brass teardrop handles.

tear duct

tear duct |ˈtɪədʌkt | ▶noun a passage through which tears pass from the lachrymal glands to the eye or from the eye to the nose.

tearful

tear |ful |ˈtɪəfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective crying or inclined to cry: a tearful infant | Stephen felt tearful. • causing tears; sad or emotional: a tearful farewell. DERIVATIVES tearfully adverb, tearfulness noun

tear gas

tear gas |ˈtɪəɡas | ▶noun [ mass noun ] gas that causes severe irritation to the eyes, chiefly used in riot control to force crowds to disperse. ▶verb ( tear-gas ) [ with obj. ] attack with tear gas: he and his crew were tear-gassed.

tearing

tear |ing |ˈtɛːrɪŋ | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] violent; extreme: he did seem to be in a tearing hurry | the tearing wind.

tear-jerker

tear-jerker ▶noun informal a sentimental story, film, or song, calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy. DERIVATIVES tear-jerking noun & adjective

tearless

tear |less |ˈtɪəlɪs | ▶adjective not crying: Mary watched in tearless silence as the coffin was lowered. DERIVATIVES tearlessly adverb, tearlessness noun

tear-off

tear-off |ˈtɛərɒf | ▶adjective denoting something that is removed by being torn off, typically along a perforated line: please complete the tear-off slip.

tear sheet

tear sheet ▶noun a page that can be or has been removed from a newspaper, magazine, or book for use separately.

tear-stained

tear-stained |ˈtɪəsteɪnd | ▶adjective wet with tears: I looked at the man's tear-stained face.

American Oxford Thesaurus

tear

tear 1 verb 1 I tore up the letter: rip up, rip in two, pull to pieces, shred. 2 his flesh was torn: lacerate, cut (open ), gash, slash, scratch, hack, pierce, stab; injure, wound. 3 the traumas tore her family apart : divide, split, sever, break up, disunite, rupture; literary rend, sunder, cleave. ANTONYMS unite. 4 Gina tore the book from his hands: snatch, grab, seize, rip, wrench, wrest, pull, pluck; informal yank. 5 informal Jack tore down the street: sprint, race, run, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, bolt, fly, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, speed, whiz, zoom, go like lightning, go like the wind; informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, belt, zip, whip, bomb, hightail it. ANTONYMS stroll, amble. ▶noun a tear in her dress: rip, hole, split, slash, slit; snag. PHRASES tear down they tore down the old barn: demolish, knock down, raze, raze to the ground, flatten, level, bulldoze; dismantle, disassemble.

tear

tear 2 noun tears in her eyes: teardrop; drop, droplet. PHRASES in tears he was nearly in tears: crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, howling, bawling, whimpering; tearful, upset; informal weepy, teary, blubbering. WORD LINKS lachrymal relating to tears lachrymose tending to cry easily or causing tears Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

tearful

tearful adjective 1 Bess was tearful: in tears, with tears in one's eyes, choked up, crying, weeping, sobbing, sniveling; close to tears, emotional, upset, distressed, sad, unhappy; informal weepy, teary, misty-eyed; formal lachrymose. ANTONYMS laughing, smiling. 2 a tearful farewell: emotional, upsetting, distressing, sad, heartbreaking, sorrowful; poignant, moving, touching, tear-jerking; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS cheerful.

Oxford Thesaurus

tear (rhymes with ‘bear’)

tear 1 |(rhymes with ‘bear ’)| verb 1 I tore up the letter: rip up, rip in two, pull apart, pull to pieces, shred. 2 her tights were torn by the rough concrete: rip, ladder, snag. 3 his flesh was torn: lacerate, cut (open ), cut to pieces, cut to ribbons, gash, slash, scratch, claw, mangle, mutilate, hack, pierce, stab; injure, wound. 4 the traumas have torn her family apart : divide, split, split down the middle, sever, break apart, disunite, rupture; literary rend, rip asunder, cleave; rare sunder, rive, dissever. ANTONYMS unite, unify. 5 Gina tore the book from his hands: snatch, grab, seize, rip, wrench, wrest, pull, pluck; informal yank. 6 I was torn by guilt: torment, torture, rack, harrow, wring, lacerate; literary rend. 7 informal Jack tore down the street: sprint, race, run, dart, rush, dash, hasten, hurry, scurry, scuttle, scamper, hare, bolt, bound, fly, gallop, career, charge, pound, shoot, hurtle, speed, streak, flash, whizz, zoom, sweep, go like lightning, go hell for leather, go like the wind; informal pelt, scoot, hotfoot it, leg it, belt, zip, whip, go like a bat out of hell, step on it, get a move on, get cracking, put on some speed, stir one's stumps; Brit. informal go like the clappers, bomb, bucket; Scottish informal wheech; N. Amer. informal boogie, hightail it, barrel, get the lead out; informal, dated cut along; archaic post, hie. ANTONYMS stroll, amble. PHRASES tear something down they tore down the old barn: demolish, knock down, pull down, raze, raze to the ground, flatten, level, bulldoze; take down, dismantle, disassemble. ANTONYMS build, erect. tear into someone their tyrannical father tore into all of his sons: attack, assail, hit, strike, let fly at, lay into, lash out at, set about, set upon, fall on, turn on, assault, beat, thrash, pound, pummel, wallop, hammer, pounce on, round on, pelt, drub; rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reprove, admonish, remonstrate with, chastise, chide, upbraid, take to task, pull up, castigate, lambaste, read someone the Riot Act, give someone a piece of one's mind, go on at, haul over the coals, criticize, censure; informal lace into, sail into, pitch into, let someone have it, get stuck into, paste, do over, knock about /around, rough up; Brit. informal have a go at. tear someone off a strip Brit. informal we are more at ease tearing our partner off a strip than telling them how much we value them: reprimand, rebuke, scold, admonish, reprove, upbraid, chastise, chide, censure, castigate, lambaste, berate, lecture, criticize, take to task, read the Riot Act to, haul over the coals; informal tell off, give someone a telling-off, dress down, give someone a dressing-down, bawl out, pitch into, lay into, lace into, blow up at, give someone a piece of one's mind, give someone an earful, give someone a roasting, give someone a rocket, give someone a rollicking; Brit. informal have a go at, carpet, give someone what for, let someone have it; N. Amer. informal chew out, ream out; Brit. vulgar slang bollock, give someone a bollocking. ▶noun there was a tear in her dress: rip, hole, split, rent, cut, slash, slit; ladder, run, snag.

tear (rhymes with ‘fear’)

tear 2 |(rhymes with ‘fear ’)| noun tears ran down her cheeks: teardrop. PHRASES in tears he was so hurt by her attitude he was nearly in tears: crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, howling, bawling, whimpering; tearful, upset; Scottish greeting; informal weepy, teary, blubbing, blubbering. WORD LINKS tear lachrymal relating to tears lachrymose inducing tears Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

tearaway

tearaway noun hooligan, hoodlum, ruffian, lout, rowdy, roughneck; Austral. larrikin; informal tough, bruiser, yahoo; Brit. informal rough, yob, yobbo, bovver boy, lager lout, chav, hoodie; Scottish informal radge; Scottish & N. English informal keelie, ned; Austral. /NZ informal roughie, hoon.

tearful

tearful adjective 1 Georgina was tearful: in tears, crying, weeping, sobbing, wailing, snivelling, whimpering; close to tears, on the verge of tears, with tears in one's eyes; emotional, upset, distressed, sad, unhappy; Scottish greeting; informal weepy, teary, blubbering, blubbing; rare lachrymose, larmoyant. ANTONYMS happy, smiling, laughing. 2 a tearful farewell: emotional, upsetting, distressing, sad, heartbreaking, heart-rending, sorrowful; poignant, moving, touching, tear-jerking, affecting, pathetic; literary dolorous. ANTONYMS cheerful.

Duden Dictionary

Tearoom

Tea room Substantiv, maskulin oder Substantiv, Neutrum schweizerisch , der oder das |ˈtiːruːm |der, schweizerisch auch: das Tearoom; Genitiv: des Tearooms, Plural: die Tearooms englisch tea-room, aus: tea = Tee und room = Raum Café, in dem keine alkoholischen Getränke serviert werden

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tear

tear 1 /tɪə r / (! -earは /ɪə r /; →tear 2 ) 名詞複～s /-z /C 1 〖通例～s 〗涙 (teardrop ); 泣くこと ▸ tears of joy [gratitude ]うれし [感謝の ]涙 ▸ Ann is in tears .アンは泣いている ▸ Her eyes filled with tears .彼女の目は涙であふれた ▸ burst [break ] into tears わっと泣き出す ▸ The song brought tears to my eyes .その歌を聴いて私は泣けてきた ▸ It'll (all ) end in tears .｟英話｠それは不幸な結末になる 2 〖～s 〗悲哀, 悲嘆 .3 しずく ; 涙のようなもの .動詞自動詞〈目が〉涙であふれる .～́ g à s 催涙ガス .

tear

tear 2 /teə r / (! -earは /eə r /; →tear 1 ) 〖原義は「動物の皮をはぐ」〗動詞～s /-z /; tore /tɔː r /; torn /tɔː r n /; ～ing /té ə rɪŋ /他動詞 1 a. 〖tear (up ) A /A (up )〗〈人物が〉A 〈紙布など〉を引き裂く , 破る ; Aを引き裂いて【ある状態に】する «in , to , into » ; 〈人が〉A 〈穴〉を開ける ▸ Peter tore up the letter. ≒ Peter tore the letter up .ピーターは手紙を引き裂いた ▸ tear a newspaper in half 新聞を半分に破る (!紙布を破る場合breakは用いない ) ▸ tear a hole in the sweater (うっかり )セーターに穴を開ける ▸ Bombs tore the room to pieces [shreds ].爆弾はその部屋をこなごなにした ▸ tear one's pants on the door knob ドアの取っ手にひっかけてズボンを破る b. ［◎ tear A C /C A ]〈人物が〉A 〈紙心人など〉を引き裂いて [引きちぎって ]C 〈状態〉にする (!Cは形容詞 ) ▸ The girl tore open the envelope. ≒ The girl tore the envelope open .少女は封筒を破って開けた 2 〖tear A (＋副詞 ) (from [out of, off ] B )〗〈人物が〉(B 〈場所〉から )A 〈物〉を引きはがす , 破り取る, 引き離す (!副詞はaway, down, outなど方向の表現 ) ▸ tear pages from the book 本から数ページを引きちぎる ▸ I tore my eyes away from the view .｟比喩的に｠私はその光景から目をそらした ▸ tear a dress off ≒ tear off a dress 服を脱ぎ捨てる ▸ tear oneself away from A A 〈場所人〉から無理に離れる 3 〖be torn (by A )〗〈国家族などが〉(A 〈理由〉のために )分裂する , ばらばらになる (!Aは名詞動名 ) ; 〈人が〉心を引き裂かれる, 傷つく ▸ The country has been torn by civil war .その国は内戦で分裂してしまった ▸ Bob was torn by guilt .ボブは罪悪感にさいなまれていた 4 〈人が〉〈筋肉〉を断裂する; 〈皮膚〉を裂傷する .自動詞 1 〈紙などが〉裂ける , 破れる ; 〈穴が〉開く ▸ Wet paper tends to tear easily .濡れた紙は破れやすい 2 〈人動物が〉【物人を】(乱暴に )引っぱる , 引き裂こうとする «at » ▸ She tried to tear at his hair .彼女は彼の髪を引っぱろうとした 3 〖～＋副詞〗〈人が〉大急ぎで動く , 疾走 [突進 ]する (!副詞は方向の表現 ) ▸ tear away across the yard 庭を大あわてで横切って行く ▸ tear into a kitchen for coffee コーヒーが欲しくて台所に駆け込む be t ó rn between A (and B )A (とB )の間で板ばさみになる, どちらを選ぶか迷う .t è ar A ap á rt [ap á rt A ]1 A 〈人〉の心を引き裂く .2 A 〈組織団体など〉を分裂させる .3 A 〈物〉を (引き裂いて )ばらばらにする .4 A 〈人〉の仲を引き裂く .5 ｟ややくだけて｠A 〈人仕事など〉を酷評する .t è ar A d ó wn [d ó wn A ]1 A 〈ビル建物の一部など〉を取り壊す ; A 〈機械など〉を分解する .2 A 〈評判などを〉台無しにする ; A 〈人〉をけなす .3 ↑他動詞 2 .t é ar into A 1 A 〈人場所など〉を激しく襲う ; ｟くだけて｠A 〈人〉を激しく非難する (!受け身にはしない ) .2 A 〈物〉をずたずたにする ; Aに穴をあける .3 A 〈食べ物〉をがつがつ食べる .4 A 〈人〉をしかる .5 ↑自動詞 3 .t è ar A ó ff [ó ff A ]1 ↑他動詞 2 .2 ｟英くだけて｠A 〈手紙など〉を一気に書く [仕上げる ].t è ar A ú p [ú p A ]1 ↑他動詞 1a .2 A 〈場所道など〉を壊す ; A 〈木々など〉を根こそぎにする .3 A 〈同意など〉を破棄する .4 A 〈人〉の心を悩ます .Th à t's t ó rn it .｟英くだけて｠それはまずいぞ, 万事休すだ (!計画どおりにことが運ばないときに使う ) .名詞 C 1 裂け目, 破れ目 ; ほころび ; 裂く [裂ける ]こと .2 大騒ぎ, 突進 ; 狂暴 .3 ｟米くだけて｠どんちゃん騒ぎ (spree ).

tearaway

tear away /té ə rəwèɪ /名詞複～s C ｟英くだけて｠向こう見ずの若者 ; 不良 (少年 ); 〖形容詞的に〗向こう見ずな .

teardrop

t é ar dr ò p /tɪ́ə r -/名詞 C 1 涙のつぶ [しずく ](tear 1 ).2 (しずく型の )たれ玉〘イヤリングなど〙.

tearful

tear ful /tɪ́ə r f (ə )l /形容詞 1 〈人目などが〉涙ぐんだ, 泣き出しそうな .2 〈事などが〉涙を誘う .～ly 副詞

tearing

tear ing /té ə rɪŋ /形容詞猛烈な ▸ be in a tearing hurry ｟英｠とても急いでいる .副詞｟くだけて｠猛烈に .

tear-jerker

tear-jerk er /tɪ́ə r dʒə̀ː r kə r /名詞 C ｟くだけて｠お涙ちょうだいものの映画 [芝居, 小説 ].

tearoom

t é a r ò om t é a r ò om 名詞 C 喫茶店 [室 ](tea shop ).