How to......

English translation: ripped

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English term or phrase: damage is caused to clothes
Selected answer:ripped
Entered by: Charlesp

11:58 Mar 15, 2005
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
English term or phrase: How to......
How to exrpess with a verb the action with which some damage is caused to clothes via some sharp sustances.

TIA!
Jianming Sun
Local time: 19:20
rip
Explanation:
I ripped my shirt on the ...
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Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 12:20
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Thank you all so much for help!
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5 +6rip
Charlesp
5 +3tear
Marian Greenfield
5pierce
juvera
5 -1puncture
Marian Greenfield


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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
how to......
puncture


Explanation:
This month in the fields at Brown Date Garden of Southern CA
... six inches in length. When these thorns are new and green in color, they
easily puncture clothing, boots, and skin. As they dry ...
www.browndategarden.com/index_month.htm - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] Mechanic’s hand injured by injection of hydraulic fluid
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... Fluid at that pressure can puncture clothing such as gloves and coveralls and
penetrate skin from a distance of as much as four inches. ...
www.ofswa.on.ca/thelog/dec_2003/dec_03_all_alerts.pdf - Similar pages

Marketing Communications at Saint Mary's College
... white. The badges are available with either the traditional pin back, or
with a magnetic bar that will not puncture clothing. Extra ...
www.saintmarys.edu/~market/badge.htm - 11k - Cached - Similar pages

Osborn International: Power Brushes, Abrasives, and Maintenance ...
... After a number of cycles, the wires fatigue, break and fall out of the brush. At
high speeds, these pieces have enough velocity to puncture clothing and skin. ...
www.osborn.com/apps/imre.asp - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

MRO Today - Selecting brushes
... of the brush. At various operating speeds, these loose filaments have enough
velocity to puncture clothing and skin. For offhand ...
www.mrotoday.com/mro/archives/Uptime/brushesD04J05.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages

[PDF] LE JOG 2000
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... We each rode on standard racing wheels and tyres. For the whole 14 days of cycling,
neither of us had a puncture. Clothing/equipment taken (per person): ...
www.lancs.ac.uk/ug/teague/wcc/articles/endtoend2000.pdf - Similar pages

Seed Magazine: Science is Culture
... The shells the scientists recovered had rounded heads with little gunpowder in them,
minimizing their ability to in?ict damage or puncture clothing. ...
www.seedmagazine.com/ ?p=article&id=100000011&cp=0 - 15k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

JS Online: Waukesha police to use stun guns as non-lethal tool
... Jerry Habanek said. An officer can shoot a Taser up to 21 feet. Two probes, with
a barbed point to puncture clothing, prick the skin like a pin. ...
www.jsonline.com/news/ wauk/dec03/191735.asp?format=print - 11k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

Bike Chat Forums : insurance companies
... reference number, type of cover, 1st quote, 2nd quote and so on if applicable, then
price for extra's like legal, breakdown, puncture, clothing, foreign travel ...
www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=306186 - 81k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages

The Explosives and Weapons Forum - Exo-electric Armor
... rings'. Could be an excellent way to do it. Now then, sharpening the nails
serve 2 purposes. First, to puncture clothing. Second ...
www.roguesci.org/theforum/archive/index.php/t-2986 - 27k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages


Marian Greenfield
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  JeffFish (X): How can you be so sure of this? Puncture means "penetrate" (poke through) in the examples you cited. Clothing that is penetrated isn't necessarily damaged. jianming is looking for a term for damage to clothing.
5 mins
  -> Well, if you don't think an object poking through a garment is considered damage.....

neutral  Mikhail Kropotov: what if a sharp object only scratches the material +++ a puncture is a different form of damage from a rip or a tear, the latter being all the more critical in terms of wearability
36 mins
  -> well, that would be abrade..... and now that we're given a bit more context, yes, rip or tear would be more appropriate
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
how to......
pierce


Explanation:
This is the verb describing the action.

juvera
Local time: 11:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
how to......
rip


Explanation:
I ripped my shirt on the ...

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 12:20
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you all so much for help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marybro: rip or tear...ripped or tore/ torn
5 mins
  -> yea

neutral  Mikhail Kropotov: You cannot rip a piece of clothing *with* something - the verb is transitive +++ Actually, I just saw that that's just a minor detail. However, I still don't like ripped. A material may rip by itself -- without a sharp object.
9 mins
  -> I have no idea what you are trying to say

agree  JeffFish (X): for the asker's example: The nail rips the cloth. Transitive, like SirReaL said
31 mins

agree  Olga B
1 hr
  -> thanks.

agree  Alexander Demyanov
2 hrs
  -> thanks.

agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
2 hrs
  -> thanks.

agree  conejo: rip or tear.
7 hrs
  -> rip or tear? rip sounds like making a sound; tear sound like crying - I suppose it depends on the meaning one wants to project.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
how to......
tear


Explanation:
given the additional context, either rip or tear works... but tear is just slightly more formal.



Marian Greenfield
Local time: 07:20
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olga B
35 mins

agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
1 hr

agree  Can Altinbay
7 hrs
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