Lexic.us

Definition of Tearing

1. Noun. Shedding tears.

2. Adjective. Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid. "Violent passions"

Definition of Tearing

1. Verb. (present participle of tear) ¹

2. Adjective. very hasty ¹

3. Noun. The act by which something is torn; a laceration. ¹

4. Noun. (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames. ¹

5. Noun. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tearing

1. tear [v] - See also: tear

Medical Definition of Tearing

1. 1. The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek. 2. The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. To bring to or upon; + to bring. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tearing

teareth tearful tearfully tearfulness tearfulnesses teargas teargases tearier teariest tearily

teariness tearinesses tearing (current term) tearing away tearing down tearing mode tearingly tearings tearjerker tearjerkers

tearjerking tearjerkingly tearless tearlessly tearlessness tearlike tearoom

Literary usage of Tearing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... when at the windows of the attics in the chateau appeared men-servants tearing their liveries to pieces. They flung their torn clothes into the garden, ..."

2. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"[ 142 ] (R- 4) Revocation by Obliterating, tearing, &C, ... tearing^ er alliterating the Came by the ..."

3. A Selection of Cases on Commercial Law by James Calvin Reed (1917)
"WILL tearing A WILL AMOUNT TO A REVOCATION? DOE D. PERKES v. PERKES 3 B. & Ald. 439 (1820) Ejectment for messuages and lands in the parish of Walsall. ..."

4. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"... alehouse or a brandy-shop to be married, even on a Sunday stopping them as they go to church, and almost tearing their clothes off their backs. ..."

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