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Torn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. Past participle of tear1.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. Past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

p. p. of tear.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In botany, having deep and irregular marginal incisions, as if produced by tearing; lacerate.

n. A Middle English form of turn.

n. In heraldry, a bearing representing an ancient spinning-wheel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces

adj. having edges that are jagged from injury

Word Usage

"Mechanically he ran the rope under the sleeve of his life-jacket; a mighty jerk seemed likely to pull him in halves as the smack sheered; then a heavy, dragging pain came -- he was being torn, torn, _torn_."

Equivalent

divided injured

Antonym

intact

Variant

tear

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

rent riven lacerate lacerated mangled broken

Verb Stem

tear

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Born Horn Horne Lorne Thorn Thorne aborn adorn born borne