lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn
(adjective) having edges that are jagged from injury
torn
(adjective) disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; “torn between love and hate”; “torn by conflicting loyalties”; “torn by religious dissensions”
tear
(verb) fill with tears or shed tears; “Her eyes were tearing”
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
(verb) strip of feathers; “pull a chicken”; “pluck the capon”
tear
(verb) to separate or be separated by force; “planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars”
tear, rupture, snap, bust
(verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly; “The rope snapped”; “tear the paper”
tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
(verb) move quickly and violently; “The car tore down the street”; “He came charging into my office”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
torn
past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).
• The past participle of the tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”), is teared.
• -tron, ront, tron
Source: Wiktionary
Torn,
Definition: p. p. of Tear.
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.)
Definition: 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, 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. gataĂran 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, 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, n.
Definition: The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. Macaulay. Wear and tear. See under Wear, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
