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# rip

«rip» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (rip, rips, ripped, ripping); noun (a rip, rips); abbreviation (RIP)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To rip is to tear something quickly and roughly: rip paper, rip your jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m1)

2) To rip off or out is to pull something away quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m2)

3) A rip is a long tear in cloth or paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m3)

4) A rip (rip current) is a strong current flowing out to sea from a beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m4)

5) RIP means «rest in peace», written on graves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m5)

6) In old dialect, to rip can mean to rage, rant and carry on loudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In beach safety, a rip current pulls swimmers out to sea; swim between the red and yellow flags, and if caught in a rip, do not fight it — float, raise your hand for help, or swim sideways along the beach. In everyday life, «ripped jeans» have tears on purpose. Informal: «rip someone off» means cheat them by charging too much («a rip-off»). Phrases: «rip up», «let rip» (do something with full force).

### examples

- He ripped the paper in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x1)
- I ripped my jeans on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x2)
- There's a rip in my coat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x3)
- Swim between the flags to avoid rips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x4)
- If a rip pulls you out, float and raise your hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x5)
- She ripped open the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x6)
- That ticket price is a rip-off! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x7)
- The gravestone said «RIP». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x8)
- He rip en he ra'r, en he cuss, en he swar; he snort en he cavort." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/#x9)

### note

Double p: ripped, ripping. A rip current is not a «riptide» in the scientific sense, though people often call it that; it is not caused by tides and does not pull you under — it pulls you out. «Rip» and «tear» mean nearly the same; rip is faster and rougher.

### In the corpora

- [Giant anteaters walk on their knuckles to protect long front claws, which rip open hard termite mounds and can fight off a jaguar.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/108-the-south-american-area-sloths-anteaters-piranhas-giant-otters/8/)
- ["Let one rip" is slang for fart loudly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/7-wind-sick-and-runs/7/)
- [A rip current is a strong current that flows away from the shore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/7-swimming-and-water/10/)
- [A rip current is a narrow, fast flow of water moving away from the shore.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/12/)
- [A rip current pulls you out to sea; it does not pull you under the water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/44-the-beach-and-the-sea/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rip» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/rip/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.