tear

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

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.

Concepts

déchirer

larme

pleur

déchirure

fendre

rompre

se déchirer

larmoyer

fissure

arracher

accroc

lacérer

briser

casser

fente

détacher

déchiqueter

couper

séparer

tirer

eau-de-vie

verser une larme

lacération

brouiller

diviser

disposer

découper

détruire

profaner

mettre en pièces

crevasse

fêlure

déchirement

trou

fendre du bois

crever

cueillir

goutte

démêler

être déchiré

larmes

diviser en deux

exploser

foncer

chialer

pleurnicher

retirer

démolir

lacrymogène

pleurer

prendre aux tripes

se rompre

déchirer en lambeaux

râper

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tɛə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.