tore

¹ American  

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

verb

1. simple past tense of tear.

2. Nonstandard. a past participle of tear.

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tore ² American  

[tawr, tohr] / tɔr, toʊr /

noun

1. a torus.

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tore ¹ British  

/ tɔː /

verb

1. the past tense of tear 1

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tore ² British  

/ tɔː /

noun

1. architect another name for torus

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Etymology

Origin of tore

< French < Latin torus

Example Sentences

The dough he had been poorly flattening to that point tore at a thin spot, splitting in half before it fell between the grates of the stovetop—straight onto the open flame.

From Literature

“That’s cool. I swim the fly too. Or, I mean, I used to. Before I tore my rotator cuff.”

From Literature

He tore through the door and raced to his beloved garden.

From Literature

He tore down the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom, and he has submitted plans to build a giant Triumphal Arch.

From Salon

They tore down walls they weren’t supposed to, intent on fixing the house themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal