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noun
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
- A small is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
verb (tears, tearing, tore, torn)
- (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
- He tore his coat on the nail.
- (transitive) (followed by off or out) To remove by tearing.
- Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
- (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
- My dress has torn.
- (intransitive) To move at excessive speed.
- He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.
| | | temper |
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noun
- A tendency to anger or lose patience easily.
- He has quite a when dealing with salespeople.
- The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
verb
- To moderate or control.
- Temper your language around children.
- To heat-treat a material, particularly a metal.
- Next, the steel by dropping the white hot metal into cold water.
- To mix clay, plaster or mortar with water to obtain the proper consistency
| | terra cotta |
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noun
- (alternative spelling of, terracotta)
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noun
- an unglazed hard-baked clay pottery
- (colour) a reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
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adjective
- (colour) of a reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta.
| | Toby |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), the English vernacular form of Tobias.
| | tumbler |
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noun
- One who tumbles; one who plays tricks by various motions of the body; an acrobat.
- A movable obstruction in a lock, consisting of a lever, latch, wheel, slide, or the like, which must be adjusted to a particular position by a key or other means before the bolt can be thrown in locking or unlocking.
- A piece attached to, or forming part of, the hammer of a gunlock, upon which the mainspring acts and in which are the notches for sear point to enter.
- A drinking glass, without a foot or stem; " so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.
- A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for its habit of tumbling, or turning somersaults, during its flight.
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