teared

English

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪə(ɹ)d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɪəd/, [tɪːd]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /tɪɹd/, [tiɚ̯d]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /tɪəd/, [tɪːd]
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɪəd/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d
• Homophone: tiered

Verb

teared

1. simple past and past participle of tear (“produce liquid from the eyes”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛə(ɹ)d/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɛəd/, [tɛːd]
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /tɛɹd/, [tɛɚ̯d]
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): /teːd/
  • (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /tɪəd/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
• Homophone: tared

Verb

teared

1. (nonstandard) simple past and past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”)
   • 2012 January 31, Caroline Purves, “Collaborative Assessment of a Child in Foster Care: New Understanding of Bad Behavior”, in Stephen E. Finn, Constance T. Fischer, Leonard Handler White, editors, Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment: A Casebook and Guide‎^[1], Wiley, →ISBN, page 297:

     This split between “good” and “bad” was seen in her drawings as well — her drawing of a tree, thought to be an unconscious representation of the self, was of a 100-year-old oak tree that was going to be “teared down,”

See also

• tore, torn

Anagrams

• redate, derate, atrede, red tea, e-trade, e-dater