tear
/teər/ verb (past tense tore, past participle torn)Translation
DAMAGE SOMETHING [T] › to pull paper, cloth, etc into pieces, or to make a hole in it by accident
yırtmak, yırtılmak
The nail had torn a hole in my skirt.1967BECOME DAMAGED [I] › If paper, cloth, etc tears, it becomes damaged because it has been pulled.
yırtılmak, yırtmak, paramparça etmek
The paper is very thin and tears easily.1967 tear sth out of/off/down, etc › to remove something by pulling it quickly and violently
yırtarak almak/çıkarmak; yırtmak
She tore his picture down from the wall.1967785 tear along/about/past, etc informal › to move somewhere very quickly
hızlıca hareket etmek
The kids were tearing around the house.1613 be torn between sth and sth › to be unable to decide between two choices
tear sth apart phrasal verb iki şey arasında karar verememek; seçenekler arasında seçim yapamamak
I'm torn between the apple pie and the chocolate mousse. → See also pull/tear your hair out11111759FIGHT/ARGUE › to make a group of people argue or fight with each other
aralarını bozmak; kavga etmelerine sebep olmak; bölmek, parçalamak
The country was torn apart by 12 years of civil war.1158707DESTROY › to destroy something
tear sb apart phrasal verb paramparça etmek; yırtmak
The building was torn apart by the bomb blast.1974 › to make someone very unhappy
tear sb away phrasal verb ziyadesiyle üzmek; perişan etmek; mutsuz etmek
Seeing the children suffer really tears me apart.985 › to make someone stop doing something that they enjoy, in order to do something else
tear sth down phrasal verb zorla ayırmak/yarıda bıraktırmak/koparmak
I'll bring Ian, if I can tear him away from his computer games.1641 › to intentionally destroy a building or structure
tear sth off phrasal verb yıkmak, yerle bir etmek
They tore down the old hospital and built some offices.1974 › to quickly remove your clothes
tear sth up phrasal verb yırtar gibi çıkarmak; çekip çıkarmak, alelacele çıkarmak
He tore off his shirt and jumped into the stream.785 › to tear paper into a lot of small pieces
küçük küçük parçalara ayırmak; bölüp parçalamak
He tore up her photograph.1967(Definition of tear verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
© Cambridge University Press)
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