Meaning of "tear"

tear •

v.
• • 1. to pull apart by force: pumunit, punitin, pumilas, pilasin
  • 2. to become torn: mapunit, mapilas
  • 3. to tear into fragments or pieces: gumutay, gutayin, gutay-gutayin, paggutay-gutayin
  • 4. to pull hard, pull violently: bumaltak, baltakin
  • 5. to scratch badly, wound: sumugat, masugatan, sugatan
  • 6. to move with great force or haste: humagibis

n.
• • the torn place: sira, punit, pilas tears

n.
• • 1. a drop of salty water coming from the eye: luha
  • 2. to shed tears: lumuha, umiyak
  • 3. in tears, shedding tears: lumuluha, umiiyak

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root

n.
• • 1. the part of a plant that grows in the soil: ugat
  • 2. a cause, source: pinanggalingan, pinanggagalingan, simula, sanhi, dahilan
  • 3. the word from which others are derived: salitang-ugat

v.
• • 1. to become fixed in the ground, send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat
  • 2. to pull, tear, or dig up or out by the roots: bumunot, bunutin
  • 3. to get completely rid of: lumipol, lipulin
  • 4. to cheer (slang): kumantiyaw, mangantiyaw, kantiyawan
  • 5. to take root means (a) to send out roots and begin to grow: mag-ugat, magkaugat (b) to become firmly fixed: pumirme, mamirme, lumagi, mamalagi

demolish

v.
• • to pull or tear down, to destroy: maggiba magiba, igiba, gibain, magwasak, mawasak, wasakin

rend

v.
• • 1. to tear apart as a garment or paper: pumunit, punitin
  • 2. to pull apart violently: lumasog, lasugin, gumutay, gutayin
  • 3. to rip, to break: pumigtas, pigtasin, sumira, sirain
  • 4. to split: sumipak, sipakin, bumaak, baakin
  • 5. to disturb violently: lumigalig, ligaligin, gumulo, guluhin, gumiyagis, giyagisin

tatter

n.
• • a torn piece, rag: gulanit na damit, basahan

v.
• • to wear or tear to pieces: magkapunit-punit, pagpunit-punitin

rip

v.
• • 1. to cut roughly, tear apart, tear off: pumunit, punitin, pumilas, pilasin, lumaslas, laslasin
  • 2. to be torn or rent: mapunit, masira
  • 3. to cut or pull out the threads in the seams of a garment by opening the seams: magtastas, tastasin

n.
• • 1. a tear, a torn place: punit, sira, pilas
  • 2. a seam burst in a garment: tastas

claw

n.
• • 1. a sharp, hooked nail on the foot of a bird or animal: kuko
  • 2. pincer of a lobster: sipit

v.
• • to scratch, tear, seize or pull with the claws: mangalmot, kumalmot, kalmutin

topic

n.
• • a theme: paksa, ang pinag-uusapan (pinag-usapan, pag-uusapan), pagtatalakayan torn past participle of "tear". sinira, nasira, pinunit, napunit

adj.
• • 1. sira, punit
  • 2. falling to pieces: gutay, gutay-gutay, punit-punit, sira-sira

slit

v.
• • 1. to cut or tear along a line: pumunit, punitin, lumaslas, maglaslas, laslasin, humiwa, hiwain
  • 2. to cut with scissors: gumupit, gupitin

n.
• • a straight, narrow cut or opening: punit, butas, laslas, bitas

patch

n.
• • 1. a piece put on the mend a hole or a tear: tagpi
  • 2. a piece of cloth, etc., put over a wound or a sore: tapal, patse
  • 3. a pad over a hurt eye to protect it: tapal
  • 4. a small uneven spot: batik, mantsa, balat
  • 5. a piece of ground: kapirasong lupa

v.
• • 1. to put a patch on, mend: magtagpi, tagpian
  • 2. to patch up means (a) to put an end to, settle: mag-ayos, ayusin, iayos, magkasundo, pagkasunduin (b) to make right hastily or for a time: magsaayos (isaayos) na madali o pansamantala

wasak

v.
• • magwasak, wasakin (mag-:-in) to destroy completely, to tear down. Wasakin mo ang pintuan. Smash down the door.

sira

n.
• • a tear (as in clothing), a defect sira'

adj.
• • destroyed, broken

v.
• • sumira' (-um-) to destroy, to break, to rip, to tear. Sumira siya sa aming usapan. She broke our verbal agreement. manira', sirain (mang-:-in)

v.
• • Huwag mong sirain ang laruan. Don't break the toy.

punit

n.
• • rip, tear

adj.
• • torn

v.
• • pumunit, punitin (-um-:-in) to rip, to tear. Pinunit ng estudyante ang kanyang kuwaderno. The student ripped his notebook.