teren
Middle English
/ˈtɛːrən/, /ˈtɛːrən/
verb
Definitions
- To tear; to split apart or forcibly separate (often by ripping)
- To remove part of a creature's body (often with one's body parts).
- To ruin, damage, or destroy garments or hair; to make clothing unusable.
- To puncture or impale; to make a hole or indentation in something.
- To extract or pull off part of one's body (usually the hair).
- To lash; to strike one's skin with a whip or similar implement as to injure.
- To pull down or demolish a building; to raze or level.
- (usually in the past participle) To make tattered or worn; to overuse.
- (rare) To forcibly move or remove.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English teran (tear, lacerate) inherited from Proto-Germanic *teraną (tear, tear apart, tear away, tug, rip snatch off, pull violently, rip, pull off).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*teraną
Gloss
tear, tear apart, tear away, tug, rip snatch off, pull violently, rip, pull off
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
泪, 涙
Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- betear English
- fortear English
- microtear English
- retear English
- tear English
- tear-mouth English
- tear-throat English
- tearable English
- tearabout English
- tearaway English
- teardown English
- teardrop English
- tearer English
- tearest English
- teareth English
- tearful English
- tearjerker English
- tearjerking English
- tearless English
- tearlike English
- tearpit English
- tearproof English
- tearsheet English
- tearsome English
- tearstain English
- tearstained English
- tearstreaked English
- tearstrip English
- tearthumb English
- teary English
- totear English
- uptear English
- *martyrāre Latin
- *tīrō Latin
- tirāre, *tirō, *tiro Latin
- tirar Spanish, Castilian
- tiro Spanish, Castilian
- *der- Proto-Indo-European
- *derə- Proto-Indo-European
- *tartaz Proto-Germanic
- *teraną Proto-Germanic
- teran Old English
- zeran Old High German
- *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌳𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- teran Old Saxon
- tera Old Frisian
- *tīr Parthian