tore

Meanings

Adjective

• Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
• Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
• Full; rich.

Verb

• Past of tear.
• Past participle of tear

Noun

• Alternative of torus
• The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
• The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
• The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.

Origin

• From Middle English tor, tore, toor, from Old Norse tor- ("hard, difficult, wrong, bad"), from Proto-Germanic *tuz- ("hard, difficult, wrong, bad"), from Proto-Indo-European *dus- ("bad, ill, difficult"), from Proto-Indo-European *dēwǝ- ("to fail, be behind, be lacking"). Cognate with Old High German zur- ("mis-"), Gothic 𐍄𐌿𐌶- ("hard, difficult"), Ancient Greek δυσ- ("bad, ill, difficult"). More at dys-.
• See torus.
• Probably from the root of tear; compare Welsh word for a break or cut.