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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.
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