tear
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- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
- To remove by tearing, or with sudden great force.
- To demolish.
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
- To smash or enter something with great force.
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/tɛə/
Etimologia
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.
Cognato con olandese
teren
Cognato con tedesco
zehren
Cognato con tedesco
zerren
Cognato con tedesco
Zähre
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