Adjective torn has 2 senses
  1. lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn - having edges that are jagged from injury
    Antonym: uninjured (indirect, via injured)
  2. torn - disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"
    Antonym:
    united (indirect, via divided)
,Verb tear has 5 senses
  1. tear, rupture, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
    --1 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
    Derived forms: noun tear4, noun tear2
    Sample sentence:
    They tear the sheets
  2. tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
    --2 is one way to
    separate, disunite, divide, part
    Derived forms: noun tear4, noun tear2
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  3. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
    --3 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
    Sample sentences:
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
    --4 is one way to strip
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. tear - fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
    --5 is one way to
    cry, weep
    Derived forms: noun tear1, noun tearing1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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