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Noun tore has 1 sense
- torus, tore - commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
--1 is a kind of molding, moulding
Verb tear has 5 senses
- tear, rupture, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
--1 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentence:
They tear the sheets
- tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
--2 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--3 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
--4 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tear - fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
--5 is one way to cry, weep
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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