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- DictionaryTorn/tôrn/
verb
- 1. past participle of tear
adjective
- 1. split by being pulled or pierced with a sharp implement: "he's wearing a torn jacket"
- 2. feeling that one is in a state of uncertainty between two conflicting options or parties: "he must have been very torn about what he should do"
5 days ago · The meaning of TORN is past participle of tear.
adjective. uk / tɔːn / us / tɔːrn / C2. finding it difficult to choose between two possibilities: I was torn. Part of me wanted to leave, and part wanted to stay. She was torn between staying and going. See also. war-torn. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
1. a. : to separate parts of or pull apart by force : rend. b. : to wound by or as if by pulling apart by force : lacerate. tear the skin. 2. : to divide or disrupt by the pull of contrary forces. a mind torn with doubts.
an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. adjective. split or cut. divided or undecided, as in preference.
Torn things have been pulled apart or ripped. Things can be literally torn, like a torn piece of paper, or figuratively torn — like your torn heart when you have to take sides in a family feud. You can serve a salad full of torn lettuce leaves, or mend a stuffed animal with a torn ear.
1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid. 2. a drop of this fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief. 3. something resembling a tear, as a drop of a liquid or a tearlike mass of a solid substance.
torn. (tɔːʳn ) 1. B1. Torn is the past participle of tear 2. 2. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you are torn between two or more things, you cannot decide which to choose, and so you feel anxious or troubled.
Definition of torn verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Your dress is torn and you're bleeding. You were lucky and there was no torn tissue or fractures. They have torn my body. I was torn between hanging up and telling the truth. They looked as if they'd been torn apart by some monster she couldn't imagine. More Sentences.
