tearing : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tearing	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tearing
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tearing adj marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" Synonym(s): fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy n shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, tearing, watering]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tear \Tear\ (t[acir]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[omac]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[acir]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[omac]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel. t[91]ra, Goth. gata[a1]ran to destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear, Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [fb]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. [bd]Once I loved torn ocean's roar.[b8] --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.