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Noun: tears tirz [N. Amer], tiu(r)z [Brit]- The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
"she was in tears"
- crying, weeping
Noun: tear[2] tir [N. Amer], tiu(r) [Brit]- A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
- teardrop
Noun: tear teh(r)- An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- rip, rent, snag, split - An occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- bust, binge, bout - The act of tearing
"he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
Verb: tear (tore,torn) teh(r)- Separate or cause to separate abruptly
"tear the paper"
- rupture, snap, bust - To separate or be separated by force
- Move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"
- shoot, shoot down, charge, buck, bomb [Brit] - Strip of feathers
- pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume
Verb: tear[2] tir [N. Amer], tiu(r) [Brit]- Fill with tears or shed tears
Sounds like: tiers or tares See also: lachrymal, lachrymatory, tear apart, tear down, tear up, tearing Type of: activity, belt along, bodily function, bodily process, body process, bucket along, cannonball along, cry, disunite, divide, drib, driblet, drop, gap, hasten, hie [archaic], hotfoot, opening, part, pelt along, race, revel, revelry, rush, rush along, separate, separation, speed, step on it, strip, weep Part of: lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion Encyclopedia: Tear Tears Tears, Bones and Desire Tears, Idle Tears |