English Dictionary

tear

/tɛə/

verb

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. / (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

She couldn't help but tear up when she heard the news.

意味（1）

(transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

1886, Eleanor Marx-Aveling, translator, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, 1856, Part III Chapter XI,

意味（2）

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

He has a torn ligament.

意味（3）

(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

He was torn by conflicting emotions.

意味（4）

(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.

A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.

意味（5）

(transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing.

Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.

意味（6）

(transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish

The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

My dress has torn.

意味（8）

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.

意味（9）

(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.

The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.