Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Torn"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tear \Tear\ (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs.
{Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to
destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear,
zehren to consume, Icel. t[ae]ra, Goth. gata['i]ran to
destroy, Lith. dirti to flay, Russ. drate to pull, to tear,
Gr. de`rein to flay, Skr. dar to burst. [root]63. Cf. {Darn},
{Epidermis}, {Tarre}, {Tirade}.]
1. To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend;
to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear
the skin or flesh.
Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator. --Shak.
2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend;
as, a party or government torn by factions.
3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to
sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me. --Addison.
4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
5. To move violently; to agitate. ``Once I loved torn ocean's
roar.'' --Byron.
{To tear a cat}, to rant violently; to rave; -- especially
applied to theatrical ranting. [Obs.] --Shak.
{To tear down}, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down.
{To tear off}, to pull off by violence; to strip.
{To tear out}, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear
out the eyes.
{To tear up}, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by
violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the
foundation of government or order.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Torn \Torn\,
p. p. of {Tear}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
torn
adj 1: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: {lacerate}, {lacerated},
{mangled}]
2: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love
and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by
religious dissensions"
3: shattered or torn up or torn apart violently as by e.g. wind
or lightning or explosive; "an old blasted apple tree"; "a
tree rent by lightning"; "cities torn by bombs";
"earthquake-torn streets" [syn: {blasted}, {rent}, {ripped}]
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