tore

Pluraltores

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense of tear. Use it for the past.

   She tore the paper in half and threw it away.

   The dog tore across the yard after the ball.

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2. 2
   verbnonstandard

   Past participle of tear. A nonstandard form some people use in place of torn.

   I have tore my jacket on the fence again.

   He had tore the page out before I could stop him.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   A donut-shaped surface made by spinning a circle around a line beside it.

   Like the skin of a donut: the outer surface with nothing filled in inside.

   A tore looks just like the outer skin of a donut.

   The teacher drew a tore on the board to show the shape.

   Similartorus

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   The full donut shape, solid all the way through, not just the outer surface.

   Like a whole donut, solid all the way through, rather than just its surface.

   The metal tore was heavy and shaped like a thick ring.

   A solid tore can be hard to cut neatly in half.

   Similartorus, ring

5. 5
   noun

   Alternative form of torus. Names the round molding at the base of a column.

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6. 6
   noununcountable

   Old dead grass left on fields used for hay during winter and early spring.

   The cows nosed through the tore looking for fresh green shoots.

   By March the field was still covered in brown tore.

   Similarthatch

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