- tearing
- adjective Date: 1581 1. causing continued or repeated pain or distress 2. hasty, violent 3. chiefly British splendid
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Tearing — is the act of breaking apart a two dimensional material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one s bare hands or accidental … Wikipedia
tearing — index division (act of dividing), separation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
tearing — [ter′iŋ] adj. violent; impetuous; rushing … English World dictionary
Tearing — Beispielhafte Tearing Effekte in einem Bild Tearing oder Page Tearing beschreibt grundsätzlich, dass ein kürzlich gerenderter Frame von dem darauf folgenden überlagert wird, sodass das Objekt zerrissen wirkt. Meistens kommt Tearing bei… … Deutsch Wikipedia
tearing — 1. adjective very hasty a tearing hurry 2. noun a) The act by which something is torn; a laceration. Even in this case, tearing still results if the swap occurs in the middle of a refresh cycle … Wiktionary
Tearing — Tear Tear (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tearing — tearing1 /tear ing/, adj. shedding tears. [bef. 1000; OE taeherende (not recorded in ME); see TEAR1, ING2] tearing2 tearingly, adv. /tair ing/, adj. violent or hasty: with tearing speed. [1600 10; TEAR2 + ING2] * * * … Universalium
tearing — adj. Tearing is used with these nouns: ↑hurry … Collocations dictionary
tearing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. ripping, slicing, rending, cutting up, slashing, slitting, breaking, lacerating, severing, bursting, cleaving, parting in two, splitting, tearing down, destroying, knocking apart, sundering … English dictionary for students
tearing — [ tɛ:rɪŋ] adjective violent; extreme: a tearing hurry … English new terms dictionary
tearing — /ˈtɛərɪŋ/ (say tairring) adjective extreme; violent: he s in a tearing hurry. {tear2 + ing2} …
