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# torn

«torn» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, verb form (tear, torn)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Torn is the past participle of tear (rip): the page was torn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m1)

2) Torn means ripped or pulled apart: a torn page has a rip in it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m2)

3) Torn between two things means not able to choose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: damaged things that are taken away from the good ones: good part = total − torn. Everyday: torn jeans, a torn ticket, a torn muscle. Stories: «She was torn between staying and going.»

### examples

- 4 of the 20 pages were torn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x1)
- He threw away 3 torn bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x2)
- How many tickets are not torn? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x3)
- A torn book cannot be sold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x4)
- My jeans got torn when I fell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x5)
- She mended the torn sleeve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x6)
- He was torn between the red bike and the blue one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x7)
- It had torn itself out of his hand and floated away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/torn/#x8)

### note

Tear (rip), tore, torn. «Torn» marks the damaged part; the good part is total − torn. Trap: «tear» (rip, rhymes with «bear») and «tear» (from the eye, rhymes with «ear») are spelled the same; only the first has the form «torn».

### In the corpora

- [A torn ACL, a ligament inside the knee, often needs surgery and around 9 months of rehab before a player is back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/8/)
- [The priests shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself, or is torn, whether it be fowl or beast.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.1203/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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