tore

¹

[ tawr, tohr ]

verb

1. simple past tense of tear ².
2. Nonstandard. a past participle of tear ².

tore

²

[ tawr, tohr ]

noun

1. a torus.

tore

¹

/ tɔː /

verb

1. See tear
   the past tense of tear 1

tore

²

/ tɔː /

noun

1. See torus
   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

He tore a piece of meat off the breast and stroked her coat while she ate.

From The Daily Beast

A random slug that seems to have been intended for nobody in particular tore through a wall and struck the child in the head.

From The Daily Beast

And cotton crops would often fail when pests like the boll weevil tore through the fields.

From The Daily Beast

[Me and George] met at the Venice Film Festival years ago, and sort of tore the place up.

From The Daily Beast

When his turn arrived Daylyt said nothing, tore off the mask, and rent his clothes, removing his microphone in the process.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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I tore it open and found, wrapped tightly about three twenty-dollar gold pieces, an unsigned note from MacRae.

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I tore back to the paymaster's camp and begged him to get his men mounted and we would follow it up.

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