totear
totear · totears · totore · totorn · totearing
To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rendTo tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
UK/təˈtɛə/US/təˈtɛɚ/
Meaning
3 senses(obsolete)To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
(obsolete)To break.
(obsolete)To disturb violently; agitate.
Origin
From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), froFrom Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart”), *teraną (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- + tear.
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Forms
totears, totearing, totore, totornLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.