Definition of tear

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

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Wittol :: Wittol (n.) The wheatear.
Beweep :: Beweep (v. t.) To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.
Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..
Laniation :: Laniation (n.) A tearing in pieces.
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..
Seborrhea :: Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses..
Stream :: Stream (v. t.) To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears..
Lace-bark :: Lace-bark (n.) A shrub in the West Indies (Lagetta Iintearia); -- so called from the lacelike layers of its inner bark.
Avulsion :: Avulsion (n.) A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
Disroot :: Disroot (v. t.) To tear up the roots of, or by the roots; hence, to tear from a foundation; to uproot..
Stream :: Stream (v. i.) To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes..
Unroot :: Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Tear :: 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..
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped..
Dry-eyed :: Dry-eyed (a.) Not having tears in the eyes.
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..
Tearing :: Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tea.
Dilaniation :: Dilaniation (n.) A rending or tearing in pieces; dilaceration.
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