English Dictionary: Tare | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tare \Tare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Taring}.] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods). | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tare \Tare\, obs. imp. of {Tear}. Tore. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tare \Tare\, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.] 1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the {Lolium temulentum}, or darnel. Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares? --Matt. xiii. 27. The [bd]darnel[b8] is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. --Baird. 2. (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus {Vicia}; especially, the {V. sativa}, sometimes grown for fodder. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Tare \Tare\, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.] (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc. |