Definition of tear

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Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair..

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Weeping :: Weeping (n.) The act of one who weeps; lamentation with tears; shedding of tears.
Dry :: Dry (superl.) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.
Dilaniate :: Dilaniate (v. t.) To rend in pieces; to tear.
Limb :: Limb (v. t.) To dismember; to tear off the limbs of.
Stethograph :: Stethal (n.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti..
Teary :: Teary (a.) Consisting of tears, or drops like tears..
Arace :: Arace (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
Dehiscence :: Dehiscence (n.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents..
Fang :: Fang (a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs.
Tire :: Tire (v. i.) To seize, pull, and tear prey, as a hawk does..
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..
Tearing :: Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tea.
Root :: Root (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away..
Stearone :: Stearolic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid..
Stonechat :: Stonechat (n.) The wheatear.
Saw :: Saw (n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood, iron, etc., consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp teeth on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting and tearing..
Rend :: Rend (v. t.) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
Tear :: Tear (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins..
Lachrymiform :: Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
Worry :: Worry (v. t.) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or mangle with the teeth..
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