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# rip

verb (rip, rips, ripped, ripping); noun (a rip, rips); abbreviation (RIP)

«rip» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To rip is to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip your jeans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m1)
2. To rip off or out is to pull something away quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m2)
3. A rip is a long tear in cloth or paper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m3)
4. A rip (rip current) is a strong current flowing out to sea from a beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m4)
5. RIP means «rest in peace», written on graves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m5)
6. In old dialect, to rip can mean to rage, rant and carry on loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#m6)

### In the lessons

In beach safety, a rip current pulls swimmers out to sea; swim between the red and yellow flags, and if caught in a rip, do not fight it — float, raise your hand for help, or swim sideways along the beach. In everyday life, «ripped jeans» have tears on purpose. Informal: «rip someone off» means cheat them by charging too much («a rip-off»). Phrases: «rip up», «let rip» (do something with full force).

### Examples

- He ripped the paper in half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x1)
- I ripped my jeans on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x2)
- There's a rip in my coat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x3)
- Swim between the flags to avoid rips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x4)
- If a rip pulls you out, float and raise your hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x5)
- She ripped open the present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x6)
- That ticket price is a rip-off! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x7)
- The gravestone said «RIP». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x8)
- He rip en he ra'r, en he cuss, en he swar; he snort en he cavort." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/#x9)

### Note

Double p: ripped, ripping. A rip current is not a «riptide» in the scientific sense, though people often call it that; it is not caused by tides and does not pull you under — it pulls you out. «Rip» and «tear» mean nearly the same; rip is faster and rougher.

## In Jewish tradition

In beach safety, a rip current pulls swimmers out to sea; swim between the red and yellow flags, and if caught in a rip, do not fight it — float, raise your hand for help, or swim sideways along the beach. In everyday life, «ripped jeans» have tears on purpose. Informal: «rip someone off» means cheat them by charging too much («a rip-off»). Phrases: «rip up», «let rip» (do something with full force).

### Note

Double p: ripped, ripping. A rip current is not a «riptide» in the scientific sense, though people often call it that; it is not caused by tides and does not pull you under — it pulls you out. «Rip» and «tear» mean nearly the same; rip is faster and rougher.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rip.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «rip» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rip» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rip.html) on Mova free.