Korean

Verb

뜯다 • ‎(tteutda) ‎(infinitive 뜯어, sequential 뜯으니)

1. to tear, pick, pluck
2. to graze (grass)

   목초지에는 풀을 뜯고 있는 몇 마리의 암소들이 있었다.‎

   Mokchojieneun pureul tteutgo inneun myeot mariui amsodeuri isseotda.

   There were some cows grazing in a field.

3. to play (a stringed instrument)
4. to disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle
5. to extort, levy (fine, penalty, tax, tenth)

Synonyms

• 떼다 (tteda)

Derived terms

• Causative: 뜯기다 (tteutgida)
• 뜯어내다 (tteudeonaeda, “to tear off”)
• 뜯어먹다 (tteudeomeokda, “to graze, bite off, sponge (on someone)”)
• 물어뜯다 (mureotteutda, “to bite off”)
• 헐뜯다 (heoltteutda, “to slander”)

Conjugation