Tra từ tear - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. tear 1 [tear tears tore tearing torn] verb, noun BrE [teə(r)] NAmE [ter]
see also ↑tear ²
verb (toreBrE [tɔː(r)] ; NAmE [tɔːr] tornBrE [tɔːn] ; NAmE [tɔːrn] )

DAMAGE
1. transitive, intransitive to damage sth by pulling it apart or into pieces or by cutting it on sth sharp; to become damaged in this way
Syn: ↑rip
•~ (sth) (+ adv./prep.) I tore my jeans on the fence.
• I tore a hole in my jeans.
•He tore the letter in two.
•a torn handkerchief
•Careful— the fabric tears very easily.
•~ sth + adj. I tore the package open.
•I tore open the package.
2. transitive ~ sth in sth to make a hole in sth by force
Syn: ↑rip
•The blast tore a hole in the wall.

REMOVE FROM STH/SB
3. transitive ~ sth + adv./prep. to remove sth from sth else by pulling it roughly or violently
Syn: ↑rip
• The storm nearly tore the roof off.
• I tore another sheet from the pad.
•He tore his clothes off (= took them off quickly and carelessly) and dived into the lake.
4. transitive to pull yourself/sb away by force from sb/sth that is holding you or them
•~ yourself/sb from sb/sth She tore herself from his grasp.
•~ yourself/sb + adj. He tore himself free.

INJURE MUSCLE
5. transitive ~ sth to injure a muscle, etc. by stretching it too much
•a torn ligament
•She tore a calf muscle playing squash.

MOVE QUICKLY
6. intransitive + adv./prep. to move somewhere very quickly or in an excited way
•He tore off down the street.
•A truck tore past the gates.

-TORN
7. (in adjectives)very badly affected or damaged by sth
•to bring peace to a strife-torn country
•a strike-torn industry
see also ↑war-torn
more at tear/rip the heart out of sth at ↑heart, tear/rip sb limb from limb at ↑limb, break/cut/tear loose from sb/sth at ↑loose _adj., pick/pull/tear sb to pieces/shreds at ↑piece _n., pick/pull/tear sb to pieces/shreds at ↑shred _n.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English teran Germanic Dutch teren German zehren Indo-European Greek derein ‘flay’

Example Bank:
•He threatened to tear me limb from limb.
•His clothes were badly torn.
•One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard by the squalling wind.
•Several pages had been torn out of the book.
•She tore her skirt on a nail.
•She tore herself free.
•She tore the label off the suitcase.
•She tore the letter open.
•She tore the piece of paper in half.
•The critics tore his last film to shreds.
•The fabric snagged and tore at the seams.
•A dog was tearing along the road beside the truck.
•He tore his clothes off and dived into the lake.
•He tore the package open.
•His jacket had been torn to shreds on the barbed wire.
•I felt like tearing my hair out in frustration.
•I tore a hole in my shirt.
•Our posters were torn down as quickly as we could put them up.
•Racial strife is tearing the country apart.
•She tore a page from her notebook.
•She's torn a ligament in her right hand.
•The girls looked at each other and tore off towards the house.
Idioms: ↑tear a strip off somebody ▪ ↑tear at your heart ▪ tear somebody apart/to shreds/to bits ▪ ↑tear somebody off a strip ▪ ↑tear your hair ▪ ↑tear your heart out ▪ tearing hurry ▪ ↑that's torn it ▪ ↑torn
Derived: ↑tear at something ▪ ↑tear into somebody ▪ ↑tear somebody up ▪ ↑tear something apart ▪ ↑tear something away ▪ ↑tear something down ▪ ↑tear something up ▪ ↑tear yourself away

noun
a hole that has been made in sth by tearing
• This sheet has a tear in it.
see wear and tear at ↑wear _n.

Word Origin:
Old English teran Germanic Dutch teren German zehren Indo-European Greek derein ‘flay’

▪ II. tear 2 [tear tears tore tearing torn] BrE [tɪə(r)] NAmE [tɪr] noun usually plural
see also ↑tear ¹a drop of liquid that comes out of your eye when you cry
• A tear rolled down his face.
• She left the room in tears (= crying).
•He suddenly burst into tears (= began to cry).
•As he listened to the music, his eyes filled with tears.
•Their story will move you to tears (= make you cry).
•They reduced her to tears (= made her cry, especially by being cruel or unkind).
•Ann wiped a tear from her eye.
•The memory brought a tear to her eye (= made her cry).
•Most of the audience was on the verge of tears.
•I was close to tears as I told them the news.
•Desperately she fought back the tears (= tried not to cry).
•to shed tears of happiness
•tears of pain, joy, etc.
•The tears welled up in his eyes.
see blood, sweat and tears at ↑blood _n., bored to death/tears at ↑bored, crocodile tears at ↑crocodile, end in tears at ↑end _v.
Derived Word: ↑teary

Word Origin:
Old English tēar Germanic German Zähre Indo-European Old Latin dacruma Latin lacrima Greek dakru

Example Bank:
•He came to me in tears.
•He could never read the letter without tears coming to his eyes.
•He had to fight back tears of frustration.
•He shed no tears for his lost youth.
•He turned away to hide his tears.
•Her cheeks were wet with tears.
•Her eyes were blinded by scalding tears.
•Her tears brimmed over and fell on her cheek.
•Her tears spilled over her cheeks.
•His eyes filled with sudden tears.
•His eyes were bright with unshed tears.
•His father's angry shouting reduced the little boy to tears.
•I couldn't stop the tears.
•I picked the little girl up and helped dry her tears.
•I saw it all through a mist of tears.
•I wiped a stray tear from my eye.
•I won't shed any tears when Frank retires.
•It brings tears to your eyes to see the children having such fun.
•It turned out to be a lot of tears over nothing.
•More than once I came near to tears.
•She broke down in tears in court.
•She felt tears pricking her eyelids.
•She ran out of the room, tears streaming from her eyes.
•She tried to smile through her tears.
•She wept silent tears when she heard his name.
•Tears blurred his vision.
•Tears stood in Oliver's eyes.
•Tears streaked her face.
•There are times when suffering may be too deep for tears.
•There were angry tears in Lily's eyes.
•They weep crocodile tears for the poor and disadvantaged but are basically happy with things as they are.
•They weep crocodile tears for the poor, but do nothing to help.
•We were in floods of tears at the end of the film.
•tears of happiness
•A tear rolled down his face.
•Desperately she fought back the tears.
•He suddenly burst into tears.
•I was close to tears as I told them the news.
•Most of the audience were on the verge of tears.
•She left the room in tears.
•The memory brought a tear to her eye.
•Their story will move you to tears
•They reduced her to tears.