torn

«torn» in Mova's school dictionary: the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective, verb form (tear, torn)

meaning for a pupil

1) Torn is the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn. tree →

2) Torn means ripped or pulled apart: a torn page has a rip in it. tree →

3) Torn between two things means not able to choose. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: damaged things that are taken away from the good ones: good part = total − torn. Everyday: torn jeans, a torn ticket, a torn muscle. Stories: «She was torn between staying and going.»

examples

• 4 of the 20 pages were torn. tree →
• He threw away 3 torn bags. tree →
• How many tickets are not torn? tree →
• A torn book cannot be sold. tree →
• My jeans got torn when I fell. tree →
• She mended the torn sleeve. tree →
• He was torn between the red bike and the blue one. tree →
• It had torn itself out of his hand and floated away. tree →

note

Tear (rip), tore, torn. «Torn» marks the damaged part; the good part is total − torn. Trap: «tear» (rip, rhymes with «bear») and «tear» (from the eye, rhymes with «ear») are spelled the same; only the first has the form «torn».

In the corpora

• A torn ACL, a ligament inside the knee, often needs surgery and around 9 months of rehab before a player is back.
• The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «torn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.