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noun Tare n. 1.A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel. "Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?" "The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order." 2.(Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare n. (Com.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
verb Tare v. t. (past & past part. tared; pres. part. taring) To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
Tear v. t. (past tore, obs. tare; past part. torn; pres. part. tearing) 1.To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh. "Tear him to pieces; he's a conspirator." 2.Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions. 3.To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home. "The hand of fate Hath torn thee from me." 4.To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair. 5.To move violently; to agitate. "Once I loved torn ocean's roar." To tear a cat, to rant violently; to rave; especially applied to theatrical ranting. (Obs.) To tear down, to demolish violently; to pull or pluck down. To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip. To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes. To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundation of government or order.
Tear v. i. (past tore, obs. tare; past part. torn; pres. part. tearing) 1.To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily. 2.To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
Tare past obs.. Tore.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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