tear
Because it is a word with a single syllable, tear is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions oftear
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
Example: "A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam."
- A rampage.
Example: "to go on a tear"
- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
Example: "He tore his coat on the nail."
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
Example: "He has a torn ligament."
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
Example: "He was torn by conflicting emotions."
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
Example: "A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite."
- (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
Example: "Tear the coupon out of the newspaper."
- (of structures, with down) To demolish
Example: "The slums were torn down to make way for the new development."
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
Example: "My dress has torn."
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
Example: "He tore into the backlog of complaints."
- To smash or enter something with great force.
Example: "The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry."
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