tear Signification, définition

Signification de tear en français

• 0 to rip sth -- déchirer

  • You tore one of the pages! Tu as arraché une des pages !

  • Pull it gently so that it doesn’t tear. Tire-le doucement afin qu’il ne se déchire pas.

• 1 to rush somewhere, especially with excitement -- se ruer/précipiter

  • The boys tore out of the house to see their father. Les garçons se sont rués/précipités hors de la maison pour voir leur père.

• 2 the place where sth is ripped -- déchirure [ feminine ]

  • There was a tear in the pocket of his jacket. Il y avait un accroc à la poche de sa veste.

• 3 a drop of liquid that comes from your eye when you cry -- larme [ feminine ]

  • tears rolling down her cheeks des larmes coulant sur ses joues

  • All I said was “maybe not,” and he burst into tears. Tout ce que j’ai dit c’est “peut-être pas” et il a fondu en larmes.

  • I found her in tears on the doorstep. Je l’ai trouvée en larmes/pleurs sur le pas de la porte.

• 4 a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something ( eg smoke) has irritated it -- larme

  • tears of joy/laughter/rage.

• 5 (sometimes with off etc) to make a split or hole in (something), intentionally or unintentionally, with a sudden or violent pulling action, or to remove (something) from its position by such an action or movement -- déchirer, arracher

  • He tore the photograph into pieces

  • You’ve torn a hole in your jacket

  • I tore the picture out of a magazine.

• 6 to become torn -- se déchirer

  • Newspapers tear easily.

• 7 to rush -- foncer

  • He tore along the road.

• 8 a hole or split made by tearing -- déchirure

  • There’s a tear in my dress.