- (v.t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off.
- (n.) A wicker fish basket.
- (v.t.) To saw (wood) lengthwise of the grain or fiber.
- (n.) A term applied to a mean, worthless thing or person, as to a scamp, a debauchee or a prostitute or a worn-out horse.
- (v.t.) To tear up for search or disclosure or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover; to disclose; -- usually with up.
- (n.) A rent made by ripping, especially by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration.
- (v.t.) To get by or as by, cutting or tearing.
- (n.) A body of water made rough by the meeting of opposing tides or currents.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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