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Meaning of "tear off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TEAR OFF

tear off  [tɛə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEAR OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tear off is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TEAR OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tear off in the English dictionary

The first definition of tear off in the dictionary is to separate by tearing. Other definition of tear off is to rush away; hurry. Tear off is also to produce in a hurry; do quickly and carelessly.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEAR OFF

tear
tear away
tear bomb
tear down
tear duct
tear gas
tear into
tear one´s hair
tear sheet
tear someone off a strip
tear-jerker
tear-off
tear-stained
tearable
tearaway
teardown
teardrop
tearer
tearful
tearfully

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEAR OFF

bear off
better off
bugger off
clear off
cut off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
kick off
number off
on and off
pay off
set off
show off
spin off
swear off
take off
turn off
wear off

Synonyms and antonyms of tear off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «tear off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEAR OFF

Find out the translation of tear off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tear off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tear off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撕下
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arrancar
570 millions of speakers

English

tear off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आंसू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تمزيق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оторвать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrancar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিরে ফেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arracher
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Air mata
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abreißen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

引きちぎる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

절취
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Luh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xé nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிழித்தெறி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıyırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strappare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

oderwać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відірвати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rupe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κόβετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skeur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riva av
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rive av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tear off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEAR OFF»

The term «tear off» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.583 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEAR OFF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tear off» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tear off» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tear off

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEAR OFF»

Discover the use of tear off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tear off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tear Off the Masks!: Identity and Imposture in ...
Identity and Imposture in Twentieth-Century Russia Sheila Fitzpatrick. Identity and lmpostur'e in Twentieth—Century Russia SHEILA FITZPATRICK I I Tear Off the Masks! Tear Off the Masks! Sheila Fitzpatrick. TEBR OFF THE H35k5! Cover.
Sheila Fitzpatrick, 2005
2
Introducing Maya 2011
Dariush Derakhshani. adVaNCEd Tip: FLOaTiNG MENUS adVaNCEd Tip: FLOaTiNG MENUS In Maya, you can tear off menus to create separate floating boxes that you can place anywhere in the workspace, as shown here. This makes ...
Dariush Derakhshani, 2010
3
Doodles at Dinner: 36 Tear-Off Placemats
Liven up lunchtime with these placemats, which teach kids how to turn an A into an Alligator, a Z into a Zebra, and a number 9 into a hot air balloon. The tear-off pad means there s always a new placemat when you need one.
Deborah Zemke, 2009
4
100 Day Tear-Off Countdown Calendar
Count down the days with this easy to read, hangable 100 day countdown calendar.
Buy Countdown Calendar, 2013
5
Fairy Doodles - 36 Tear-Off Placemats
These placemats have wings! Practical-meets-creative in this this nifty addition to Blue Apple's mega-selling doodle placemats, with 36 fairy-themed tear-off placemats crafted by doodle dynamo Deborah Zemke.
Deborah Zemke, 2013
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Typing: Two-in-One - Keyboarding and Document Processing
Circular letters with tear-off portion Sometimes a letter will have a tear-off portion at the foot, so that a customer can fill in certain details and return the tear- off portion to the sender. After typing the complimentary close leave a minimum of four ...
Archie Drummond, Anne Coles-Mogford, 1996
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Computer Managed Instruction: Theory and Practice
At the same time, the computer prints the full list of prescriptions and the identification numbers of those assigned via the hardcopy device attached to the computer terminal. This "tear-off" sheet is given to the student, and it replaced the 3x5 ...
Frank B. Baker, 1978
8
Investigation of the Use of Tear-off Shingles in Asphalt ...
The sections were sampled and tested by the Virginia Transportation Research Council. Two base mixes and two surface mixes were produced, and one of the surface mixes was produced by both hot mix and warm mix technology.
G. W. Maupin, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Virginia. Department of Transportation, 2010
9
Flapjacks from Space - 36 Tear-Off Placemats: Puzzles, ...
What will kids find to engage their hungry minds in Flapjacks from Space ?* Asteriod Puzzler* Moon Codes Brain Noodler* Zero-Gravity Raisin Dance* Nuclear Anagrams* Alien Sudoku, and* The (Almost) Unbelieveable Story of a Pancake-cooking ...
Patrick Merrell, Bathroom Readers' Institute, 2014
10
Learning DCOM
Tear-off interface A tear-off interface is used to describe “just-in-time” or “on-the- fly” interfaces. In other words, these interfaces don't exist until a client specifically queries for them. When a tear-off interface is requested (of course, the client ...
Thuan L. Thai, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEAR OFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tear off is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch man leap from wheelchair and tear off shirt in street …
An onlooker filmed the wheelchair-bound person get up, tear off his shirt and confront ... When police arrived on the scene, the man appeared to back off before ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Novak Djokovic's fails to tear off his T-shirt in Wimbledon 2015 men's …
While he may have failed to tear of his short this time round, back on the court Djokovic soared to victory for the second year running following a four-set thriller, ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Syrian women tear off black garb as they flee ISIS territory
That's how local photojournalist Jack Shahine described images of woman fleeing Islamic State-controlled areas of northern Syria, while tearing off the black ... «Mashable, Jun 15»
4
Firefighters tear off car roof to rescue elderly couple
Firefighters from Wokingham Road, Bracknell and Wokingham attended the scene, where they had to tear off the roof of the car in order to free the passengers. «Reading Chronicle, Apr 15»
5
How skin does not tear off at a wound
"Collagen fibrils and fibres rotate, straighten, stretch and slide to carry load and reduce the stresses at the tip of any tear in the skin," said study leader Robert ... «Times of India, Apr 15»
6
Powerful winds tear off roof from building at Silverstone race circuit
Fierce winds appear to have ripped off part of the roof at the UK home of Formula 1. Pictures posted on Twitter showed damage to one of the famous racing ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
7
Women beat men and tear off their clothes during Indian festival
Women beat men and tear off their clothes during Indian festival. New Delhi (AFP) - Women beat men and tear off their shirts while men drench them with ... «Baltimore Sun, Mar 15»
8
Couple eat cannabis ice cream, tear off clothes and run naked …
An official log of the incident on Facebook reads: 'Once the couple had eaten the ice cream the man took off all of his clothes and started running around ... «Metro, Feb 15»
9
Massive icebergs tear off Tasman Glacier
The Government has announced a package of immigration reforms designed to encourage new migrants not to settle in Auckland and move to the regions. «TVNZ, Jan 15»
10
CPI(M) women tear off blouses, blame TMC men for molestation …
"CPIM women activists tear off their blouse themselves and then blame TMC men for molestation ... CPI(M) women activists are always in the habit of blaming ... «Firstpost, Jan 15»

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