Definition of "tore"

tore¹

/tɔː/

adjective
comparative more tore, superlative most tore
1. (dialectal or obsolete) Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Strong, sturdy; great, massive.
3. (dialectal or obsolete) Full; rich.

tore²

/tɔː/

verb
1. simple past of tear (“rip, rend, speed”).
2. (now colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of tear (“rip, rend, speed”)
  Quotations
  […] that a Spirit came into him that did make him quake and tremble ſo exceedingly that he thought it would have tore him, &c […]
  1661, George Whitehead, Edward Burroughs, The Son of Perdition Revealed […] ‎, London, page 39
  Upon my honor, Sir, you have tore every bit of ſkin quite off the back of both my hands with your forceps, cried my uncle Toby […]
  1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XVI, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], page 71
  "Would've tore your head clean off," Dudley was bellowing. "Would've snapped it off your neck like wet toilet paper […]
  1999 May 11, Rick Bass, Where the Sea Used to Be, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, page 393

tore³

/tɔː/

noun
plural tores
1. (architecture) Alternative form of torus
2. (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
3. The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.

tore⁴

/tɔː/

noun
uncountable
1. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
  Quotations
  the more Tore you have, the less Quantity of Hay will do
  1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708