[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/torn/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / torn # torn adjective, verb form (tear, torn) «torn» 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. Torn is the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m1) 2. Torn means ripped or pulled apart: a torn page has a rip in it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m2) 3. Torn between two things means not able to choose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m3) ### In the lessons Maths: damaged things that are taken away from the good ones: good part = total − torn. Everyday: torn jeans, a torn ticket, a torn muscle. Stories: «She was torn between staying and going.» ### Examples - 4 of the 20 pages were torn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x1) - He threw away 3 torn bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x2) - How many tickets are not torn? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x3) - A torn book cannot be sold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x4) - My jeans got torn when I fell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x5) - She mended the torn sleeve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x6) - He was torn between the red bike and the blue one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x7) - It had torn itself out of his hand and floated away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x8) ### Note Tear (rip), tore, torn. «Torn» marks the damaged part; the good part is total − torn. Trap: «tear» (rip, rhymes with «bear») and «tear» (from the eye, rhymes with «ear») are spelled the same; only the first has the form «torn». ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah it often means killed by a wild animal, as in "torn of beasts," which makes meat forbidden to eat. In the prophets and Job it also means that God, like a wild beast, has torn his people in anger. **Interpretation.** The law of "terefah" (torn meat) comes from this; Jews eat only properly slaughtered animals and avoid those mauled by beasts. Hosea is read as saying that the God who tore will also heal if the people return. ### Examples - If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness; he shall not make good that which was torn. (Torah EXO.22.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x1) - That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. (Torah LEV.22.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x2) - and the one went out from me, and I said: Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since; (Torah GEN.44.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x3) - The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast. (Prophets EZK.44.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x4) - He hath torn me in His wrath, and hated me; He hath gnashed upon me with His teeth; mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. (Writings JOB.16.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x5) - 'Come, and let us return unto the LORD; for He hath torn, and He will heal us, He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. (Prophets HOS.6.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/#x6) ### Note Tear (rip), tore, torn. «Torn» marks the damaged part; the good part is total − torn. Trap: «tear» (rip, rhymes with «bear») and «tear» (from the eye, rhymes with «ear») are spelled the same; only the first has the form «torn». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «torn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«torn» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/torn.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «torn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/torn/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«torn» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/torn.html) on Mova free.