tore

1
[ tawr, tohr ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense of tear2.

  2. Nonstandard. a past participle of tear2.

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Other definitions for tore (2 of 2)

tore2
[ tawr, tohr ]

noun
  1. a torus.

Origin of tore

2
<French <Latin torus

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How to use tore in a sentence

  • In the Chartist riots of 1839, the people tore up the railings round the churchyard to use as pikes.

    Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • In the next two days he re-wrote the twenty thousand, and on the fifth day he tore it into shreds and threw it to the winds.

    The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
  • The familiar writing made the blood race in his veins, and the instant the man was gone he tore it open.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • I tore it open and found, wrapped tightly about three twenty-dollar gold pieces, an unsigned note from MacRae.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • I tore back to the paymaster's camp and begged him to get his men mounted and we would follow it up.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for tore (1 of 2)

tore1

/ (tɔː) /


verb
  1. the past tense of tear 1

British Dictionary definitions for tore (2 of 2)

tore2

/ (tɔː) /


noun
  1. architect another name for torus (def. 1)

Origin of tore

2
C17: from French, from Latin: torus

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