Definition of tear

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Tear (n.) 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..

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Mouse :: Mouse (v. t.) To tear, as a cat devours a mouse..
Cry :: Cry (v. i.) Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation..
Fletiferous :: Fletiferous (a.) Producing tears.
Weep :: Weep (v. t.) To shed, or pour forth, as tears; to shed drop by drop, as if tears; as, to weep tears of joy..
Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily..
Limb :: Limb (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Maudlin :: Maudlin (a.) Tearful; easily moved to tears; exciting to tears; excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
Shredding :: Shredding (n.) The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
Unroot :: Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Rooter :: Rooter (n.) One who, or that which, roots; one that tears up by the roots..
Tristearate :: Tristearate (n.) Tristearin.
Tearful :: Tearful (a.) Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes..
Stearoptene :: Stearone (n.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate..
Laniary :: Laniary (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth..
Tear-falling :: Tear-falling (a.) Shedding tears; tender.
Weeping :: Weeping (a.) Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears.
Destruction :: Destruction (n.) The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped..
Teary :: Teary (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.
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