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Bookmark or Share- Tear or Rip [paper] - WordReference ForumsI agree with velisarius. Rip and tear are largely interchangeable, but "rip" tends to suggest more violence/strength, but you need to add "up" or "it up" to show the act was deliberate and not accidental. And yes, you can use either, just know that "rip" is a little more emphatic (though, of course, context matters).
- 'to tear' or 'to tear up' - WordReference ForumsEnglish, USA. Jan 16, 2014. #3. If you say "I tore my shirt" it usually means that you snagged your shirt on something and it created a single tear or rip in the shirt's cloth. If you say "I tore up my shirt" it means that you took your shirt in both hands and shredded it into dozens of strips of cloth. To tear something up is to destroy it by ...
- Teared / tore / torn - WordReference ForumsEnglish - South-East England. Apr 26, 2017. #2. 'Tore' is simple past, 'torn' is past participle, and 'teared' is not used with this verb. I tore my skirt yesterday. I have torn my skirt three times.
- Her eyes welled with tears | WordReference ForumsIt is most prevalently (but not exclusively) used when describing objects that rise. For example, "Emotion welled up within me" or "Her eyes welled with tears". It is also generally used in sentences that convey emotion or relate directly to a person. A bad use of the word would be, "I am welling up the bathtub with water."
- tear up (eyes) - WordReference ForumsAug 26, 2005. #1. I often see "tear up" used to mean "break into tears" in American magazines. A recent example: "I really failed Casey: I really did", she says, tearing up. This usage is not recorded in any of my (British) dictionaries, which only list tear as a noun. One American dictionary does list tear as a verb but the definition (fill ...
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