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Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.

Strong, sturdy; great, massive.

Full; rich.

To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

Example: He tore his coat on the nail.

To injure as if by pulling apart.

Example: He has a torn ligament.

To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

Example: He was torn by conflicting emotions.

To make (an opening) with force or energy.

Example: A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.

The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.

The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.

A topological space which is a product of two circles.

Example: A 4-variable Karnaugh map can be thought of, topologically, as being a torus.

The standard representation of such a space in 3-dimensional Euclidean space: a shape consisting of a ring with a circular cross-section: the shape of an inner tube or hollow doughnut.

(in combination, n-torus, 4-torus, etc.) The product of the specified number of circles.

A molding which projects at the base of a column and above the plinth.

The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.