tore

¹

[tawr, tohr]

verb

1. simple past tense of tear.

2. Nonstandard.,  a past participle of tear.

tore

²

[tawr, tohr]

noun

1. a torus.

tore

¹

/ tɔː /

verb

1. the past tense of tear 1

tore

²

/ tɔː /

noun

1. architect another name for torus

Word History and Origins

Origin of tore¹

< French < Latin torus

Word History and Origins

Origin of tore¹

C17: from French, from Latin: _torus

Example Sentences

I still have a page I tore out of Time in December 1996, weeks after Clinton won reelection.

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In December 2018, protesters tore down a fence in the Tuileries gardens next to the Louvre.

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The president tore out the Rose Garden earlier this year, replacing it with a patio made of stone pavers.

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A tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.

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Bangladeshi traders on Sunday assessed heavy losses after a devastating fire tore through the cargo complex of the country's main international airport, as the government opened an investigation into possible arson.

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