Definition of tear

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Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily..

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Shed :: Shed (v. t.) To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain..
Tear-falling :: Tear-falling (a.) Shedding tears; tender.
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..
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..
Langrel :: Langrel (n.) A kind of shot formerly used at sea for tearing sails and rigging. It consisted of bolts, nails, and other pieces of iron fastened together or inclosed in a canister..
Blubber :: Blubber (v. t.) To give vent to (tears) or utter (broken words or cries); -- with forth or out.
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..
Shred :: Shred (n.) To cut or tear into small pieces, particularly narrow and long pieces, as of cloth or leather..
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..
Discerp :: Discerp (v. t.) To tear in pieces; to rend.
Avulsion :: Avulsion (n.) A tearing asunder; a forcible separation.
Scalp :: Scalp (v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
Euphorbium :: Euphorbium (n.) An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned..
Unroot :: Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
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..
Lancination :: Lancination (n.) A tearing; laceration.
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..
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Flow :: Flow (v. i.) To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. t.) Hence, to scratch or tear..
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