Definition of tear

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Tear (v. t.) 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..

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Weep :: Weep (v. i.) Formerly, to express sorrow, grief, or anguish, by outcry, or by other manifest signs; in modern use, to show grief or other passions by shedding tears; to shed tears; to cry..
Lanciname :: Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions..
Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..
Rent :: Rent (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..
Tristearin :: Tristearin (n.) See Stearin.
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off..
Delaceration :: Delaceration (n.) A tearing in pieces.
Lacerate :: Lacerate (v. t.) To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart..
Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) The wheatear.
Convellent :: Convellent (a.) Tending to tear or pull up.
Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily..
Lachrymal :: Lachrymal (a.) Of or pertaining to tears; as, lachrymal effusions..
Shredding :: Shredding (n.) The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
Rain :: Rain (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes..
Tearless :: Tearless (a.) Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
Rip :: Rip (n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration..
Split :: Split (v. t.) To burst; to rupture; to rend; to tear asunder.
Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..
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