tear at in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tear at in the English»French Dictionary

I.tear1 [Brit tɛː, Am tɛr] N

II.tear1 <pret tore; pp torn> [Brit tɛː, Am tɛr] VB trans

1. tear (rip):

to tear one's hair (out) lit, fig

III.tear1 <pret tore; pp torn> [Brit tɛː, Am tɛr] VB intr

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.length [Brit lɛŋ(k)θ, lɛn(t)θ, Am lɛŋ(k)θ, lɛnth] N

1. length (linear measurement):

2. length (duration):

See also full-length

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.once [Brit wʌns, Am wəns] N

II.once [Brit wʌns, Am wəns] ADV

1. once (one time):

IV.once [Brit wʌns, Am wəns] CONJ

at [Brit at, ət, Am æt, ət] PREP

tear2 [Brit tɪə, Am tɪr] N gén pl

tear at in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tear at in the English»French Dictionary

II.tear2 <tore, torn> [teəʳ, Am ter] VB trans

III.tear2 <tore, torn> [teəʳ, Am ter] VB intr

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Often trousers would tear at that stress point.
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As the storyline escalated the two would tear at each other's masks, at times winning by pulling the mask off the other one to gain an unfair advantage.
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Flame tree petals, shining nails of love, tear at young hearts.
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And some of its flaws tear at the very fabric that makes it unique.
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His barbed words and thorny sentences tear at one's guts.
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During elections, candidates commonly use wedge politics to tear at the fabric of social solidarity.
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I even dropped a tear at the end!
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But behind the visitors' bliss lies the growth of extreme anti-immigrant politics that tear at the continent's very soul and smear its global image.
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The javelin touched the right kidney and there is a slight tear at the top of the kidney.... the liver was also touched leaving a hole in it.
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Also, the paratrooper uniform would tear at the knees and elbows.
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