tore : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tore	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tore n commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn: torus, tore]
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]:
Tore \Tore\, imp. of {Tear}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tore \Tore\, n. [Probably from the root of tear; cf. W. t[a2]r a break, cut, t[a2]ri to break, cut.] The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. [Prov. Eng.] --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tore \Tore\, n. [See {Torus}.] 1. (Arch.) Same as {Torus}. 2. (Geom.) (a) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane. (b) The solid inclosed by such a surface; -- sometimes called an {anchor ring}.