Definition of tear

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Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home..

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Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) The wheatear.
Watery :: Watery (a.) Abounding with water; wet; hence, tearful..
Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave..
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Laniary :: Laniary (a.) Lacerating or tearing; as, the laniary canine teeth..
Tear :: 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..
Brine :: Brine (n.) Tears; -- so called from their saltness.
Tearful :: Tearful (a.) Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes..
Rain :: Rain (n.) To fall or drop like water from the clouds; as, tears rained from their eyes..
Wittol :: Wittol (n.) The wheatear.
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.
Dismember :: Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
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..
Penitential :: Penitential (a.) Of or pertaining to penitence, or to penance; expressing penitence; of the nature of penance; as, the penitential book; penitential tears..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To use the claws or nails in tearing or in digging; to make scratches.
Scratch :: Scratch (v. t.) To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough across, as the claws, the nails, a pin, or the like..
Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
Fletiferous :: Fletiferous (a.) Producing tears.
Discerp :: Discerp (v. t.) To tear in pieces; to rend.
Tearpit :: Tearpit (n.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.
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