Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
damage is caused to clothes
English answer:
ripped
Added to glossary by
Charlesp
Mar 15, 2005 11:58
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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
How to exrpess with a verb the action with which some damage is caused to clothes via some sharp sustances.
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Responses
| 5 +6 | rip |
Charlesp
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| 5 +3 | tear |
Marian Greenfield
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| 5 | pierce |
juvera
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| 5 -1 | puncture |
Marian Greenfield
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Change log
May 29, 2005 23:11: Charlesp changed "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Textiles / Clothing / Fashion"
Responses
+6
33 mins
Selected
rip
I ripped my shirt on the ...
Peer comment(s):
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marybro
: rip or tear...ripped or tore/ torn
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yea
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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.
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I have no idea what you are trying to say
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JeffFish (X)
: for the asker's example: The nail rips the cloth. Transitive, like SirReaL said
31 mins
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Olga B
1 hr
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thanks.
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Alexander Demyanov
2 hrs
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thanks.
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Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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thanks.
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conejo
: rip or tear.
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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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7 mins
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
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English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
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puncture
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... 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
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... 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
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
... 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
Peer comment(s):
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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.
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Well, if you don't think an object poking through a garment is considered damage.....
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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
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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
juvera
Works in field
pierce
This is the verb describing the action.
+3
1 hr
Marian Greenfield
Native in English
&
English
Over 30 years in financial translation
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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4
tear
given the additional context, either rip or tear works... but tear is just slightly more formal.
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