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totear

UK/təˈtɛə/US/təˈtɛɚ/

totear verb: to tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.

Verb

totear (third-person singular simple present totears, present participle totearing, simple past totore, past participle totorn)

  1. (obsolete) To tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
  2. (obsolete) To break.
  3. (obsolete) To disturb violently; agitate.

totear meaning in Tamil and Bengali

totear in Tamil

சுகிர், வீறு, கல்லு, சொலி

totear in Bengali

ছিঁড়ে ফেলা, টুকরো টুকরো করা, ভেঙে ফেলা, প্রচণ্ডভাবে বিঘ্নিত করা, আলোড়িত করা

Forms of totear

third-person singular presenttotears
present participletotearing
pasttotore
past participletotorn

Origin of totear

From Middle English toteren, from Old English tōteran (“to tear apart, tear asunder”), from Proto-Germanic *twiz- (“apart”), *teraną (“to tear, tear away”), equivalent to to- + tear.

Questions about totear

What does totear mean?
Totear means to tear apart; tear to pieces or shreds; rend.
What is totear in Tamil?
Totear in Tamil is சுகிர், வீறு, கல்லு. See Totear meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is totear?
Totear is a verb.
How do you pronounce totear?
Totear is pronounced /təˈtɛə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of totear?
The past tense of totear is totore.

Words near totear in the dictionary

  1. tote boards
  2. tote road
  3. tote roads
  4. tote up
  5. toteable
  6. totear
  7. toted
  8. toted up
  9. toteless
  10. totem
  11. totem kin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: totear (page history and authors); totear (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); totear (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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