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tore
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tô, IPA(key): /t??/
- (General American) enPR: tôr, IPA(key): /t??/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: t?r, IPA(key): /to(?)?/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /to?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
- Homophones: tor (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger), taw (in non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Etymology 1
From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?w?- (“to fail, be behind, be lacking”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic ????????????- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek ???- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.
Alternative forms
- tor
Adjective
tore (comparative more tore, superlative most tore)
- (dialectal or obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
- (dialectal or obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
- (dialectal or obsolete) Full; rich.
Derived terms
- torely
Etymology 2
Verb
tore
- simple past tense of tear (“rip, rend, speed”).
- (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”)
Usage notes
- The past tense of the other verb tear, meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is teared.
Etymology 3
See torus.
Noun
tore (plural tores)
- (architecture) Alternative form of torus
- (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
- The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
Etymology 4
Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.
Noun
tore (uncountable)
- The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
- the more Tore you have, the less Quantity of Hay will do
Anagrams
- rote
Estonian
Adjective
tore (genitive toreda, partitive toredat)
- fine, splendid
Declension
French
Etymology
From Latin torus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
Noun
tore m (plural tores)
- (geometry) torus
Derived terms
- torique
Further reading
- tore on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Anagrams
- ôter, rote, roté
Latin
Noun
tore
- vocative singular of torus
Ngarrindjeri
Noun
tore
- mouth
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse þora, of further back unknown origin. Cognates include Icelandic þora and Faroese tora. Some also come in their mediopassive variants, Swedish töras and Westrobothnian tåras, as does also the deponent Norwegian Nynorsk torast.
Alternative forms
- tora (a- and split infinitives)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²to?.r?/ (example of pronunciation)
- Homophone: tåre
Verb
tore (present tense torer or tør, past tense torde, supine tort)
- (intransitive) to dare
Related terms
- torast
See also
- tørre (Bokmål)
Etymology 2
Connected to Old Norse Þórr (“Tor, Thor”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tu?r?/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
tore f (definite singular tora, indefinite plural torer, definite plural torene)
- a thunder
Alternative forms
- tora (non-standard since 2012)
Derived terms
Verb
tore (present tense torar, past tense tora, past participle tora, passive infinitive torast, present participle torande, imperative tor)
- (impersonal, metereology) to thunder
- (intransitive, figuratively) to rage
- Synonyms: buldre, skjenne, smelle
Alternative forms
- tora (a-infinitive)
- torna, torne (with n-infix and either infinitive)
See also
- lyn n (“lightning”)
- (noun): torden (Bokmål)
- (verb): tordne (Bokmål)
Etymology 3
From Old Norse tóra (“to live life meazelly”).
Alternative forms
- (a-infintive): torast
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tu?r?/ (example of pronunciation)
Verb
tore (present tense torar, past tense tora, past participle tora, passive infinitive torast, present participle torande, imperative tor)
- (intransitive, about fire) to burn weakly
References
- “tore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- erot, oret, orte, oter, rote, ròte, tore, Tore, troe
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish torre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: to?re
- IPA(key): /?to??/
Noun
tore
- tower
tore From the web:
- what tore means
- what tore down the berlin wall
- what tires
- what tore the rivera family apart
- what to read
- what tore in my knee
- what to watch
- what to watch on netflix
torq
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??(?)k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophones: torc, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)
Noun
torq (plural torqs)
- Alternative spelling of torque
torq From the web:
- what torque
- what torque for lug nuts
- what torque converter do i need
- what torque wrench should i buy
- what torque for spark plugs
- what torque should spark plugs be
- what torque is hand tight
- what torque means
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