Crossword clues for tearing
tearing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
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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. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
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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.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1
very hasty n. 1 The act by which something is torn; a laceration. 2 (context computer graphics English) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames. v
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(present participle of tear English) Etymology 2
n. (context medicine English) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
WordNet
adj. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn: fierce, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]
n. shedding tears [syn: lacrimation, lachrymation, watering]
Wikipedia
Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental. Unlike a cut, which is generally on a straight or patterned line controlled by a tool such as scissors, a tear is generally uneven and, for the most part, unplanned. An exception is a tear along a perforated line, as found on a roll of toilet paper or paper towels, which has been previously partially cut, so the effort of tearing will probably produce a straight line.
Materials vary in their susceptibility to tearing. Some materials may be quite resistant to tearing when they are in their full form, but when a small cut or tear is made, the material becomes compromised, and the effort needed to continue tearing along that line becomes less.
Materials can be characterized by standard methods to measure their 'tear strength'. There are several applicable standards which vary around the world. The variables which affect the tear strength can be summarized neatly by the quote:
"The value of tear strength obtained depends on the shape of the test piece, speed of stretching and temperature of test."
"Tearing" is a 1992 single by the American rock band Rollins Band, from the album The End of Silence.
Usage examples of "tearing".
A large eel suddenly broke the surface tearing at the side of my abraided leg.
Another two strides, and he almost tripped over Issgrillikk - his agemate, friend, and foster-cousin - twisted around himself in pain at the base of one of the Great Trees, his claws gouging up the rough, grey-brown bark and tearing long white streaks into the inner wood.
Issgrillikk - his agemate, friend, and foster-cousin - twisted around himself in pain at the base of one of the Great Trees, his claws gouging up the rough, grey-brown bark and tearing long white streaks into the inner wood.
We had swerved, close in, around the second headland, and were tearing across the mouth of the bay toward Agios Georgios.
They all shouted, and the Armorer fired a volley of 9 mm rounds from the Uzi, tearing the quivering leaves off the trees.
It was as though there were small, vicious fish inside her, tearing at her vampire flesh, at the atrophied organs that should not have been sensitive to pain.
Dogs, some following such as flyed, some invading such as stood still, some tearing those which lay prostrate, but generally there were none which escaped cleare: Behold upon this another danger ensued, the Inhabitants of the Towne stood in their garrets and windowes, throwing great stones upon our heads, that wee could not tell whether it were best for us to avoyd the gaping mouthes of the Dogges at hand or the perill of the stones afarre, amongst whome there was one that hurled a great flint upon a woman, which sate upon my backe, who cryed out pitiously, desiring her husband to helpe her.
Big jagged hunks of azurite and turquoise decorating the floor erupted through the white stone ocean like fangs tearing through flesh.
He had just taken a bandicoot from the hole in the earth in which it had been baking, and was tearing its limbs asunder, reserving the choicest portions for his mistress and himself, while he threw to Unda the least savoury morsels.
Knuckles dinged and bleeding, his clothes white, nose filled with plaster dust, he bashed a hole big enough, dropped the hammer and wriggled through, tearing his cape in the process.
She followed his blow, striking under his arm to the inner flesh of the biceps and then tearing again at the artery.
Vetch oiled and buffed her morning and evening now, not only to keep her from itching too much, but to keep her skin supple and prevent it from tearing as she grew.
He and his companion busked themselves, putting on helm and byrnie, with furs above against the tearing cold.
One of the Marauder suits scrambled into the supply cache, tearing open boxes, and then cursed.
In among them darted a small, muscular man impossible to hit, tearing men from their saddle and silencing them with cestus or clawed glove.