vverb.contactseparate or cause to separate abruptlySynset:bust rupture snap tear
Examples:- The rope snapped
- tear the paper
Derivationally Related Form:rupturesnaptear
Hypernyms:disunite divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:tearseparatemove
Direct Hyponyms:laceratepullrendriprip upriveshredtear up
Full Troponyms:laceraterendshredtease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | They --- the sheets (apply to: tear) | The strong winds --- the rope (apply to: snap) | The ropes --- (apply to: rupture, snap)
vverb.contactto separate or be separated by forceExamples:- planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
Derivationally Related Form:tear
Hypernyms:disunite divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:tearseparatemove
Direct Hyponyms:cleaverivesplit
Full Troponyms:cleavelaminatemaul
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something
vverb.motionmove quickly and violentlySynset:buck charge shoot shoot down tear
Examples:- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
Hypernyms:belt along bucket along cannonball along hasten hie hotfoot pelt along race rush rush along speed step on it
Inherited Hypernyms:tearrushtravel
Direct Hyponyms:rip
Full Troponyms:rip
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.contactstrip of feathersSynset:deplumate deplume displume pluck pull tear
Examples:- pull a chicken
- pluck the capon
Hypernyms:strip
Inherited Hypernyms:pluckstripremove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.bodyfill with tears or shed tearsDerivationally Related Form:tearingtear
Hypernyms:cry weep
Inherited Hypernyms:tearcryexpress emotion
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allhaving edges that are jagged from injurySynset:lacerate lacerated mangled
Antonyms:uninjured
Inherited Hypernyms:lacerate
Similar to:injured