. Mex , rotura; bucket handle — rotura en asa de cubo; meniscal — rotura de menisco, rotura meniscal esp. She wrung the clothes dry. Synonyms: 1 1 1 These verbs mean to separate or pull apart by force. Combine a past form of be was, were, been with have, had, or done to form a verb phrase. Middle English, from Old English tēar;. Torn, also a past tense form of tear is found in the company of a being verb, as they were called back in my early days.
With help from the city, they cleaned up their properties, tore down some of those seedy hotels and landscaped with palm trees. Tears wet the membrane covering the eye and help rid the eye of substances that cause irritation. I spent the whole day in bed. It is making a tear. He tore the photograph into pieces; You've torn a hole in your jacket; I tore the picture out of a magazine.
Strangely enough, the man recovered quickly, and punched Sean, knocking him senseless, and then tore down the alley. Then the piglet tore loose from the creepers and scurried into the undergrowth. A source told the paper the England captain lost his rag in the dressing room and tore down a joke poster poking fun at his troubles. Paper is easier to tear than cloth. Regards, The Crossword Solver Team If you have a moment, please use the voting buttons green and red arrows near the top of the page to let us know if we're helping with this clue. She teared up when she heard the news. My eye started to tear after I got sand in it.
He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends. There will also be a list of synonyms for your answer. Cleave most often refers to splitting with a sharp instrument: The butcher cleft the side of beef into smaller portions. I was so mad at her I tore her letter in half. I felt sorry when I saw the tears running down her face. We use cookies on The Crossword Solver to help our site work, to understand how it is used and to tailor the advertisements shown on our site. Past perfect is sometimes described as 'past in the past'.
Your cat has drunk all the milk. She tore up the letter. Latin lacrima, Old Latin dacrima, Irish der, Welsh deigr, Greek dakryma. I couldn't tear myself away from the television. He tore along the road. Link to this page: Often when she woke Jo found Beth reading in her well-worn little book, heard her singing softly, to beguile the sleepless night, or saw her lean her face upon her hands, while slow tears dropped through the transparent fingers, and Jo would lie watching her with thoughts too deep for tears, feeling that Beth, in her simple, unselfish way, was trying to wean herself from the dear old life, and fit herself for the life to come, by sacred words of comfort, quiet prayers, and the music she loved so well.
We've listed any clues from our database that match your search. She was very tearful; a tearful farewell. Or it could mean: Past perfect. Some of these cookies will send your data to our advertising partners. I cannot wear a shirt with a tear in it! Esp ; vt, vi pret tore; pp torn desgarrar se , sufrir un desgarro; I tore my calf muscle. We hope that you find the site useful. If you would like to suggest a new answer or even a completely new clue please feel free to use the.
Have you brought your violin? The synonyms have been arranged depending on the number of charachters so that they're easy to find. Example: The race had finished before the rain started. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend. Middle English teer, ter, tere, tear, from Old English tēar, tǣr,. Lest anyone find her treasure, she tore the map asunder and cast its pieces into the wind.
To be torn between two things desires, loyalties, etc. Tear gas first recorded 1917. Rip implies rough or forcible tearing: Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards. Hussain and Akash were planning to go to Mexico, but, due to the pilot's strike, they are stuck at the airport at the moment. I woke up hearing a noise. She shone like a star at the party.
At first Maud, so afraid for her husband and baby, was unable to eat, but within a few days she tore into burnt cowflesh like any soldadera. I walked away from the fire and tore up green bracken, caw-cannying not to slash my fingers on stalks. Suddenly a brilliant idea struck me. The Old English past tense survived long enough to get into Bible translations as tare before giving place 17c. Together they can indicate changes in time and subject as well. When delirious crowds tore down the Berlin Wall in 1989 many hallucinated that a millennium of borderless freedom was at hand. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter.