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# ripped

«ripped» in Mova's school dictionary: **torn, often roughly or suddenly: "ripped jeans"** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (ripped); past form of the verb rip (rip, rips, ripped, ripping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ripped means torn, often roughly or suddenly: "ripped jeans". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#m1)

2) (verb) Ripped is the past form of rip: "she ripped open the present". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#m2)

3) (slang) Ripped means having very strong, clearly seen muscles: "he's ripped". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#m3)

4) (slang) Ripped off means cheated, charged too much: "we got ripped off". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#m4)

5) Ripped out means pulled out by force: "the old fence was ripped out". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, ripped clothes and ripped paper show struggle, hurry or excitement. In everyday talk, "ripped jeans" are a fashion and "ripped off" means paying too much. In maths, ripped-up paper is shared or counted in pieces. Phrases: ripped jeans, ripped open, ripped off, ripped up, ripped apart.

### examples

- I ripped my trousers on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x1)
- She ripped open the envelope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x2)
- He ripped the paper into 8 equal pieces. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x3)
- Those trainers cost 200 dollars? You got ripped off! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x4)
- The wind ripped the tent apart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x5)
- After months at the gym he was totally ripped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x6)
- My big sister loves ripped jeans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x7)
- Then, telling the giant he would show him a trick, taking a knife, Jack ripped open the bag, and out came all the hasty pudding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ripped/#x8)

### note

Past form of rip: double p (ripped, ripping). "Rip-off" (noun) means something that costs far too much. "Ripped" for muscles is slang. Do not confuse with "ripe" (ready to eat).

### Trees and pragmatics

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