tear at (English, verb)
expansion: tear at (third-person singular simple present tears at, present participle tearing at, simple past tore at, past participle torn at)
Senses:
glosses: To pull at violently.
glosses: To afflict or aggrieve.
Forms:
form: tears at
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tearing at
tags: participle
present
form: tore at
tags: past
form: torn at
tags: participle
past