different between tied vs torn

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta?d/
• Homophone: tide

Adjective

tied (comparative more tied, superlative most tied)

1. Closely connected or associated.

   As a couple, they are strongly tied to one another.
2. Restricted.
3. Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
4. (sports or games) That resulted in a tie.
5. Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
6. (archeology) Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.

Derived terms

• fit to be tied
• tied up
• tongue-tied

Verb

tied

1. simple past tense and past participle of tie

Anagrams

• -tide, DIET, Diet, diet, dite, diët, edit, edit., tide

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tij?d]
• Hyphenation: ti?ed
• Rhymes: -?d

Pronoun

tied

1. Alternative form of tiéd

Declension

Further reading

• tied in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Livonian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *tektäk.

Alternative forms

• (Courland) t?'edõ

Verb

tied

1. do

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *teetädäk.

Alternative forms

• (Courland) tieudõ

Verb

tied

1. know

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *teeto.

Noun

tied

1. knowledge

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English tea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti?ed/

Noun

tied (nominative plural tieds)

1. tea
   • 1951, "Parab", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, No. 5, pages 17-18.

Declension

Zealandic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tijt, from Old Dutch t?t, from Proto-Germanic *t?diz.

Noun

tied m (plural [please provide])

1. time

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: tôrn, IPA^(key): /t??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tôn, IPA^(key): /t??n/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: t?rn, IPA^(key): /to(?)?n/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /to?n/
  • Homophone: tawn (nonrhotic accents with the horse–hoarse merger)
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Verb

torn

1. past participle of tear (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

• The past participle of the tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”), is teared.

Anagrams

• -tron, ront, tron

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tornus, attested from the 14th ceuntury.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?to?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?torn/

Noun

torn m (plural torns)

1. lathe, potter's wheel
2. turn, go (as in take turns or as a move in a game)

Derived terms

• tornejar

References

Further reading

• “torn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “torn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “torn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Noun

torn

1. Hard mutation of dorn.
2. Mixed mutation of dorn.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

torn c (singular definite tornen, plural indefinite torne)

1. thorn

Declension

References

• “torn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Estonian

Noun

torn (genitive torni, partitive torni)

1. tower

Declension

Further reading

• torn in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t????/
• Rhymes: -???

Etymology 1

From Old Norse þorn (“thorn”), from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz (“thorn, sloe”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós, from *(s)ter-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål torn, Icelandic þyrnir, Danish torn, Swedish törne, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn f (genitive singular tornar, plural tornir)

1. (botany) hawthorn bush; thorn

Declension

Related terms

• tornur
• tornutur
• tornrunnur
• tornatyssi
• tornarunnur
• tornakrúna

Etymology 2

From late Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German torn, from Latin turris.

Noun

torn n (genitive singular torns, plural torn)

1. tower, belfry, spire
2. dungeon

Declension

Related terms

• tornklokka
• klokkutorn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural torner, definite plural tornene)

1. thorn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Compare Danish torn, Swedish törne, Icelandic þyrnir, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, English thorn.

Noun

torn m (definite singular tornen, indefinite plural tornar, definite plural tornane)

1. thorn

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /torn/, [tor?n]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“bitter”).

Adjective

torn

1. bitter; painful; severe

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *turnaz (“anger”).

Noun

torn n (nominative plural torn)

1. anger, anguish, distress

Romanian

Verb

torn

1. first-person singular present indicative of turna
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of turna
3. third-person plural present indicative of turna

Swedish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Norse turn, from Middle Low German t?rn, t?ren, from Old French tor, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek ?????? (túrrhis), ?????? (túrsis), from a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Noun

torn n

1. tower
2. (chess) rook

Declension

Descendants

• ? Finnish: torni

See also

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish þorn, from Old Norse þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnuz, whence also Old English þorn (English thorn. From Proto-Indo-European *tr?nós from *(s)ter- (“stiff”).

Noun

torn c

1. (botany) thorn

Declension

Anagrams

• tron