Tore
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of torus. alt-of, alternative
- 2 The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring. uncountable
"the more Tore you have, the less Quantity of Hay will do"
- 3 commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column wordnet
- 4 The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
- 5 The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
- 1 simple past of tear (“rip, rend, speed”). form-of, past
- 2 past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”) colloquial, form-of, nonstandard, participle, past
"[…]that a Spirit came into him that did make him quake and tremble ſo exceedingly that he thought it would have tore him, &c[…]"
- 1 Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious. dialectal, obsolete
- 2 Strong, sturdy; great, massive. dialectal, obsolete
- 3 Full; rich. dialectal, obsolete
- 1 A village in Highland, Scotland.
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More examples"The policeman tore the signboard from the house."
Etymology
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.
See torus.
Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.
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