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For the verb: "to tear"

Simple Past:	tore
Past Participle:	torn

tear
A	noun
	1	tear
			the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚separation ╚tear ╚rent; rip; split ╚laceration
	2	bust, tear, binge, bout
			an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚diversion; recreation ╚celebration; festivity ╚merrymaking; conviviality; jollification ╚revel; revelry ╚bust, tear, binge, bout ╚piss-up
	3	tear, teardrop
			a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚indefinite quantity ╚small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount ╚drop; driblet ╚tear, teardrop
	4	rip, rent, snag, split, tear
			an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚shape; form ╚amorphous shape ╚space ╚opening; gap ╚rip, rent, snag, split, tear
B	verb
	1	tear
			fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
		Category Tree: express emotion; express feelings ╚cry; weep ╚tear
	2	pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
			strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
		Category Tree: remove; take; take away; withdraw ╚strip ╚pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
	3	tear
			to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚tear ╚cleave; split; rive
	4	tear, rupture, snap, bust
			separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚tear, rupture, snap, bust ╚shred; tear up; rip up ╚rend; rip; rive; pull ╚lacerate
	5	tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
			move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚rush; hotfoot; hasten; hie; speed; race; pelt along; rush along; cannonball along; bucket along; belt along ╚tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck ╚rip

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