6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tear  \Tear\  (t[^a]r),  v.  t.  [imp.  {Tore}  (t[=o]r),  ((Obs. 
  {Tare})  (t[^a]r);  p.  p.  {Torn}  (t[=o]rn);  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Tearing}.]  [OE.  teren,  AS  teran;  akin  to  OS  farterian  to 
  destroy,  D.  teren  to  consume,  G.  zerren  to  pull  to  tear, 
  zehren  to  consume,  Icel.  t[ae]ra,  Goth.  gata['i]ran  to 
  destroy,  Lith.  dirti  to  flay,  Russ.  drate  to  pull  to  tear, 
  Gr  de`rein  to  flay,  Skr.  dar  to  burst.  [root]63.  Cf  {Darn}, 
  {Epidermis},  {Tarre},  {Tirade}.] 
  1.  To  separate  by  violence;  to  pull  apart  by  force;  to  rend; 
  to  lacerate;  as  to  tear  cloth;  to  tear  a  garment;  to  tear 
  the  skin  or  flesh. 
 
  Tear  him  to  pieces;  he's  a  conspirator.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Hence  to  divide  by  violent  measures;  to  disrupt;  to  rend; 
  as  a  party  or  government  torn  by  factions. 
 
  3.  To  rend  away  to  force  away  to  remove  by  force;  to 
  sunder;  as  a  child  torn  from  its  home. 
 
  The  hand  of  fate  Hath  torn  thee  from  me  --Addison. 
 
  4.  To  pull  with  violence;  as  to  tear  the  hair. 
 
  5.  To  move  violently;  to  agitate.  ``Once  I  loved  torn  ocean's 
  roar.''  --Byron. 
 
  {To  tear  a  cat},  to  rant  violently;  to  rave;  --  especially 
  applied  to  theatrical  ranting.  [Obs.]  --Shak. 
 
  {To  tear  down},  to  demolish  violently;  to  pull  or  pluck  down 
 
 
  {To  tear  off},  to  pull  off  by  violence;  to  strip. 
 
  {To  tear  out},  to  pull  or  draw  out  by  violence;  as  to  tear 
  out  the  eyes. 
 
  {To  tear  up},  to  rip  up  to  remove  from  a  fixed  state  by 
  violence;  as  to  tear  up  a  floor;  to  tear  up  the 
  foundation  of  government  or  order 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tare  \Tare\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Tared};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Taring}.] 
  To  ascertain  or  mark  the  tare  of  (goods). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tare  \Tare\,  n.  [Cf.  Prov.  E.  tare  brisk,  eager,  OE  tarefitch 
  the  wild  vetch.] 
  1.  A  weed  that  grows  among  wheat  and  other  grain;  --  alleged 
  by  modern  naturalists  to  be  the  {Lolium  temulentum},  or 
  darnel. 
 
  Didst  not  thou  sow  good  seed  in  thy  field?  From 
  whence  then  hath  it  tares?  --Matt.  xiii. 
  27. 
 
  The  ``darnel''  is  said  to  be  the  tares  of  Scripture, 
  and  is  the  only  deleterious  species  belonging  to  the 
  whole  order  --Baird. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  name  of  several  climbing  or  diffuse  leguminous 
  herbs  of  the  genus  {Vicia};  especially,  the  {V.  sativa}, 
  sometimes  grown  for  fodder. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tare  \Tare\,  obs.  imp.  of  {Tear}. 
  Tore. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tare  \Tare\,  n.  [F.  tare;  cf  Pr.,  Sp.,  Pg.,  &  It  tara;  all  fr 
  Ar  tarah  thrown  away  removed,  fr  taraha  to  reject, 
  remove.]  (Com.) 
  Deficientcy  in  the  weight  or  quantity  of  goods  by  reason  of 
  the  weight  of  the  cask,  bag,  or  whatever  contains  the 
  commodity,  and  is  weighed  with  it  hence  the  allowance  or 
  abatement  of  a  certain  weight  or  quantity  which  the  seller 
  makes  to  the  buyer  on  account  of  the  weight  of  such  cask, 
  bag,  etc 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tare 
  n  1:  any  of  several  weedy  vetches  grown  for  forage 
  2:  weedy  annual  grass  often  occurs  in  grainfields  and  other 
  cultivated  land;  seeds  sometimes  considered  poisonous 
  [syn:  {darnel},  {bearded  darnel},  {cheat},  {Lolium 
  temulentum}] 
  3:  empty  container  used  as  a  counterbalance  to  obtain  net 
  weight 

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