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Traditional English :: tearable
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tearable - v. & n. --v. (past tore; past part. torn)
1 tr. (often foll. by up) pull apart or to pieces with some force (tear it in half; tore up the letter).
2 tr. a make a hole or rent in by tearing (have torn my coat). b make (a hole or rent).
3 tr. (foll. by away, off, etc.) pull violently or with some force (tore the book away from me; tore off the cover; tore a page out; tore down the notice).
4 tr. violently disrupt or divide (the country was torn by civil war; torn by conflicting emotions).
5 intr. colloq. go or travel hurriedly or impetuously (tore across the road).
6 intr. undergo tearing (the curtain tore down the middle).
7 intr. (foll. by at etc.) pull violently or with some force. --n. 1 a hole or other damage caused by tearing.
2 a torn part of cloth etc. be torn between have difficulty in choosing between. tear apart 1 search (a place) exhaustively.
2 criticize forcefully. tear one's hair out behave with extreme desperation or anger. tear into 1 attack verbally; reprimand.
2 make a vigorous start on (an activity). tear oneself away leave despite a strong desire to stay. tear sheet a page that can be removed from a newspaper or magazine etc. for use separately. tear to shreds colloq. refute or criticize thoroughly. that's torn it Brit. colloq. that has spoiled things, caused a problem, etc. tearable adj. tearer n. [OE teran f. Gmc] |
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Related Words
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wallpaper
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Most Often Usage
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tearable wallpaper
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