Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A projecting knob or ball used as an ornament on furniture, as cradles and chairs.
- noun The pommel of a saddle.
- noun Preterit of
tear . - noun The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
- noun In architecture, same as
torus , 1. - noun In geometry, a surface generated by the revolution of a conic (especially a circle) about an axis lying in its plane.
- See
tor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. of
tear . - noun Prov. Eng. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
- noun (Arch.) Same as
torus . - noun (Geom.) same as
torus .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Hard ,difficult ;wearisome ,tedious . - adjective
Strong ,sturdy ;great ,massive . - adjective
Full ;rich . - verb Simple past of
tear (rip, rend, speed).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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His name tore through her mind, for she was certain she’d never see her betrothed again.
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His name tore through her mind, for she was certain she’d never see her betrothed again.
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Arrows screamed through the air at him, but every shot was blocked by trees that suddenly bent and roots that tore from the earth, dragging the arrows down to the ground.
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The tin also has a small piece of striker I tore from a box of matches.
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The tin also has a small piece of striker I tore from a box of matches.
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A searing pain tore through her stomach and she shrieked, trying not to writhe on the table.
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A corner of the tarpaulin tore loose, and Shorty received a jet of driven snow down the back of his neck.
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I never tore my urethra, but Urethra Franklin tore me a new one after I accidentally ate one of her twelve ham sandwiches.
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Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the boiler fire;
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A searing pain tore through her stomach and she shrieked, trying not to writhe on the table.
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