Level | B2 |
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Kind | verb |
Front | tear |
IPA | /teə(r) / verb (past tense tore /tɔːr /; past participle torn /tɔːn /) |
Back | yırtmak; yırtılmak |
Back 2 | tear (verb) /teə(r)
/ verb (past tense tore /tɔːr /; past participle torn /tɔːn /)
1 [transitive, intransitive]
to damage sth by
pulling it apart or into pieces; to become damaged in this way
yırtmak; yırtılmak
I tore my shirt on that nail.
She tore the letter in half.
I tore a page out of my notebook.
This material doesn't tear easily.
SYNONYM RIP1
2 [transitive]
to make a hole in sth
by force
(delik) açmak
The explosion tore a hole in the wall.
SYNONYM RIP1
3 [transitive]
to remove sth by
pulling violently and quickly
yırtmak, kopartmak
Paul tore the poster down from the wall.
He tore the bag out of her hands.
SYNONYM RIP1
4 [intransitive]
tear along, up, down, past,
etc.
to move very quickly
in a particular direction
hızla
geçmek, deli gibi gitmek
An ambulance went tearing past.
IDIOM
wear
and tear
the damage caused by
ordinary use
eskime, yıpranma
PHRASAL VERBS
tear
sth apart
1 to
pull sth violently into pieces
parçalamak
The bird was torn apart by the two dogs.
2 to
destroy sth completely
yıkmak
The country has been torn apart by the war.
tear
yourself away (from sb/sth)
to make yourself leave
sb/sth or stop doing sth
koparmak, ayırmak
Tim can't tear himself away from that
computer game.
be
torn between A and B
to find it difficult
to choose between two things or people
iki
şey/kişi arasında kalmak
tear
sth down
(used about a
building) to destroy it
yıkmak, yerle
bir etmek
They tore down the old houses and built a
shopping centre.
tear
sth up
to pull sth into
pieces, especially sth made of paper
yırtmak, paramparça
etmek
‘I hate this photograph,’ she said, tearing
it up.
tear
noun
[countable]
yırtık
You've got a tear in the back of your
trousers.
SYNONYM RIP2
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