to tear, rend
→
to move quickly
4 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | English | |
| lexeme | tear | |
| meaning 1 | to rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to move or act with great speed, energy, or violence | He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour. |
| reference | OED English Wiktionary | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Komi | |
| lexeme | шырзьыны | |
| meaning 1 | to pluck | анькытш шырзьыны to pluck peas |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to go fast, to rush | машинаяс шырзисны карлань Cars were rushing to town |
| reference | ||
| comment | КомиРС 750 | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme | рвануть | |
| meaning 1 | to tear, rend | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | (colloquial) to dash, to rush; (car) to speed, to tear off, | |
| reference | <personally collected data> | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | arrancar | |
| meaning 1 | to pull out, to pluck; to tear off | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | to bolt; to send a ship at full speed | |
| reference | ||
| comment | Narumov 1995: 90 | |