tore

See also: Tore, töre, and -tore

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: tô, IPA^(key): /tɔː/
• enPR: tôr, IPA^(key): /tɔɹ/
• enPR: tōr, IPA^(key): /to(ː)ɹ/
• IPA^(key): /toə/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English tor, tore, toor, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse tor- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”, prefix), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *tuz- (“hard, difficult, wrong, bad”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dus- (“bad, ill, difficult”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dēwǝ- (“to fail, be behind, be lacking”). Cognate with Old High German zur- (“mis-”, prefix), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- (tuz-, “hard, difficult”, prefix), Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-, “bad, ill, difficult”, prefix). More at dys-.

Alternative forms

• tor

Adjective

tore (comparative more tore, superlative most tore)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) Full; rich.

Derived terms

• torely

Etymology 2

Verb

tore

1. simple past of tear (rip, rend, speed).

Usage notes

• The past tense of the other verb tear, meaning "produce liquid from the eyes", is teared.

Etymology 3

See torus.

Noun

tore (plural tores)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of torus
2. (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
3. The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.

Etymology 4

Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.

Noun

tore (uncountable)

1. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tore”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• rote

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Estonian

Adjective

tore (genitive toreda, partitive toredat, comparative toredam, superlative kõige toredam)

1. fine, splendid

Declension

Declension of tore (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		tore	toredad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	toreda
genitive			toredate
partitive		toredat	toredaid
illative		toredasse	toredatesse toredaisse
inessive		toredas	toredates toredais
elative		toredast	toredatest toredaist
allative		toredale	toredatele toredaile
adessive		toredal	toredatel toredail
ablative		toredalt	toredatelt toredailt
translative		toredaks	toredateks toredaiks
terminative		toredani	toredateni
essive		toredana	toredatena
abessive		toredata	toredateta
comitative		toredaga	toredatega

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French

tore

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin torus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁ/

Noun

tore m (plural tores)

1. (geometry) torus

Derived terms

• torique

Further reading

• Template:projectlink

Anagrams

• ôter, rote, roté

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) tore

1. vocative singular of torus

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Ngarrindjeri

Noun

tore

1. mouth

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Connected to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Þórr (“Tor, Thor”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²tuːrə/

Noun

tore f (definite singular tora, indefinite plural torer, definite plural torene)

1. thunder

Derived terms

• torevêr

See also

• torden (Bokmål)

References

• “tore” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Tagalog

Noun

tore

1. tower