tore

[ tawr, tohr ]

/ tɔr, toʊr /

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verb

simple past tense of tear².

Nonstandard. a past participle of tear².

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Other definitions for tore (2 of 2)

tore²

[ tawr, tohr ]

/ tɔr, toʊr /

noun

a torus.

Origin of tore

<French <Latin torus

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How to use tore in a sentence

Colonel Washington then directed Lieutenant Tores to seize one in reprisal.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 438, April 1852|Various

British Dictionary definitions for tore (1 of 2)

tore¹

/ (tɔː) /

verb

the past tense of tear 1

British Dictionary definitions for tore (2 of 2)

tore²

/ (tɔː) /

noun

architect another name for torus (def. 1)

Word Origin for tore

C17: from French, from Latin: torus

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