tear

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
2. (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
3. (transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
4. (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
5. (often, transitive) To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
6. (transitive, with-down) To demolish.
7. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
8. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
9. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
10. (intransitive) To be interrupted midway through.

Noun

1. A hole or break caused by tearing.
2. (slang) A rampage.

Noun

1. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
3. A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
4. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Sinonieme

rip

split

rend

break

teardrop

rent

tears

cut

crack

scratch

burst

be torn

rupture

slit

rush

lacerate

pull

torn

rive

claw

tear up

cry

😢

divide

snap

pluck

laceration

sever

destroy

race

wear

bust

separate

mangle

run

crush

shoot

shred

weep

rip open

hole

🕳️

wear out

dash

💨

tear off

snag

pick

⛏️

drop

wear and tear

break off

cleave

binge

Vertalings

déchirer

larme

lágrima

zerreißen

Träne

lacrima

rasgar

traan

reißen

romper

lacrima

lágrima

scheuren

pleur

😢

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tɛə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: teren

Geërf van Old English: teran

Verwante met Skots: tere

Verwante met Nederlands: teren

Verwante met Duits: zehren

Verwante met Duits: zerren

Verwante met Deens: tære

Verwante met Sweeds: tära

Verwante met Yslands: tæra

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: δέρω

Verwante met Albanees: ther

Geërf van Middle English: teer

Geërf van Old English: tēar

Verwante met Old Norse: tár

Verwante met Deens: tåre

Verwante met Noors: tåre

Verwante met Old High German: zahar

Verwante met Duits: Zähre

Verwante met Goties: 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂

Verwante met Iers: deoir

Verwante met Latyn: lacrima

In summary

From Middle English teren, from Old English teran (“to tear, lacerate”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart, rip”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to tear, tear apart”).
Cognate with Scots tere, teir, tair (“to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out”), Dutch teren (“to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption”), German zehren (“to consume, misuse”), German zerren (“to tug, rip, tear”), Danish tære (“to consume”), Swedish tära (“to fret, consume, deplete, use up”), Icelandic tæra (“to clear, corrode”). Outside Germanic, cognate to Ancient Greek δέρω (dérō, “to skin”), Albanian ther (“to slay, skin, pierce”). Doublet of tire.

Sinne

Kirin steals the Tear of heaven from Avranti and the Gauntlet of Tatsu.