Tearing

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Marked by great or violent haste: in a tearing hurry.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of tear.
  • adj. very hasty
  • n. The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  • n. Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  • n. continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Great; rushing; tremendous; towering; ranting: as, a tearing passion; at a tearing pace. Also used adverbially.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
  • n. shedding tears
  • Verb Form
    teared    teares    tearing    tears    tore    torn   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    weep    cry    strip    opening    gap    drib    drop    driblet   
    Variant
    tore    torn   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lament    dirge    disrupt    rend    sunder    agitate    rave    rent    fissure    rip   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adair    Aer    Altair    Astaire    Ayre    Baer    Bear    Blair    Bombardier    Cher   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    emotion    grief    pain    cry    smile    joy    blood    sigh    sweat    breath