tear | English to English Dictionary

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tear

(t/(@)/r )

a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands(noun.body)

Example:
His story brought tears to her eyes.

Synonym:
teardrop

source: wordnet30
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart(noun.object)

Synonym:
rent, rip, snag, split

source: wordnet30
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking(noun.act)

Synonym:
binge, bout, bust

source: wordnet30
the act of tearing(noun.act)

Example:
He took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear.

source: wordnet30
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids.(noun)

source: webster1913
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.(noun)

source: webster1913
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.(noun)

source: webster1913

separate or cause to separate abruptly(verb.contact)

Example:
Tear the paper.

Synonym:
bust, rupture, snap

source: wordnet30
to separate or be separated by force(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
move quickly and violently(verb.motion)

Synonym:
buck, charge, shoot, shoot down

source: wordnet30
strip of feathers(verb.contact)

Synonym:
deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull

source: wordnet30
fill with tears or shed tears(verb.body)

Example:
Her eyes were tearing.

source: wordnet30
To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.(verb)

source: webster1913
To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.(verb)

source: webster1913