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# tore

verb, past tense of «tear» (tear, tears, tore, torn, tearing)

«tore» 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. Tore is the past of «tear»: pulled something apart or made a hole or rip in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#m1)
2. Tore also means moved very fast in a wild way: «he tore down the street». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#m2)
3. Tore up means ripped into pieces; tore down means destroyed a building or pulled something down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories «tore» shows rough or fast action: «she tore open the letter», «the dog tore across the field». In everyday life a shirt «tore» on a nail. In science, materials that tear easily (paper, tissue) are compared with strong ones. Phrases: «tore open», «tore up», «tore down», «tore off», «tore a muscle».

### Examples

- I tore my jeans on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x1)
- She tore open her birthday present. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x2)
- The dog tore across the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x3)
- He tore up the note and threw it away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x4)
- They tore down the old factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x5)
- The footballer tore a muscle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x6)
- The wind tore the leaves off the trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x7)
- He groaned and cried and tore his hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tore/#x8)

### Note

Irregular: tear (rhymes with «care»), tore, torn. Trap: «tear» meaning a drop from your eye (rhymes with «ear») has no form «tore». Do not confuse with «tour» or «toe».

## In Jewish tradition

In stories «tore» shows rough or fast action: «she tore open the letter», «the dog tore across the field». In everyday life a shirt «tore» on a nail. In science, materials that tear easily (paper, tissue) are compared with strong ones. Phrases: «tore open», «tore up», «tore down», «tore off», «tore a muscle».

### Examples

- There- tore, the author of the Sefer Yetzirah may have meant by two (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tore/#x1)
- And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tore forty and two children of them. (Prophets 2KI.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/tore/#x2)

### Note

Irregular: tear (rhymes with «care»), tore, torn. Trap: «tear» meaning a drop from your eye (rhymes with «ear») has no form «tore». Do not confuse with «tour» or «toe».

## On Mova

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