Tear meaning

târ

The definition of a tear is the result of something being pulled or ripped apart.

An example of tear is a separation in the seam of a dress.

noun

Tear is defined as a salty liquid produced by the eye gland used to lubricate the eyes, wash away irritants or express intense emotion.

An example of tear is what comes out of the eyes when someone is crying.

noun

Tear means to pull or force something up or apart or rip into two or more pieces.

An example of tear is pulling pages out of a magazine.

An example of tear is a pair of jeans being split in two.

verb

To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident.

I tore a hole in my stocking.

verb

To separate forcefully; wrench.

Tore the pipe from the wall.

verb

To divide or disrupt.

Was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.

verb

To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.

verb

To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident.

Tore my pants on the barbed wire.

verb

To lacerate (the skin, for example).

verb

To become torn.

The fabric does not tear easily.

verb

To move with heedless speed; rush headlong.

Tore off down the road; tore along the avenue.

verb

The act of tearing.

noun

The result of tearing; a rip or rent.

The shirt has a small tear.

noun

A great rush; a hurry.

noun

A carousal; a spree.

noun

A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.

noun

A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

noun

A profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion.

noun

The act of weeping.

Criticism that left me in tears.

noun

To become filled with tears.

The strong wind caused my eyes to tear.

verb

To pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper, etc.)

verb

To make or cause by tearing or puncturing.

To tear a hole in a dress.

verb

To wound by tearing; lacerate.

Skin torn and bruised.

verb

To force apart or divide into factions; disrupt; split.

Ranks torn by dissension.

verb

To divide with doubt, uncertainty, etc.; agitate; torment.

A mind torn between duty and desire.

verb

To remove by or as by tearing, pulling, etc.

To tear a plant up by its roots, to tear oneself away.

verb

To be torn.

verb

To move violently or with speed; dash.

verb

The act of tearing.

noun

The result of a tearing; torn place; rent.

noun

A rushing pace; great hurry.

noun

Wear and tear.

noun

A carousal; spree.

noun

A drop of the salty fluid secreted by the lacrimal gland to lubricate the eyeball, kill bacteria, etc.: in humans, tears may flow for emotional reasons due to the tightening of muscles near the glands.

noun

Anything resembling this, as a drop of transparent gum; tearlike mass.

noun

Sorrow; grief.

noun

To fill with tears.

verb

A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

noun

A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.

noun

To become filled with tears.

The strong wind caused my eyes to tear.

verb

A drop of the clear salty liquid secreted by glands (lacrimal glands) in the eyes. Tears wet the membrane covering the eye and help rid the eye of irritating substances.

To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

He tore his coat on the nail.

verb

To injure as if by pulling apart.

He has a torn ligament.

He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.

verb

To cause to lose some kind of unity or coherence.

He was torn by conflicting emotions.

verb

To make (an opening) with force or energy.

A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.

His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out.

The artillery tore a gap in the line.

verb

(often with off or out) To remove by tearing.

Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.

verb

(of structures, with down) To demolish.

The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.

verb

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

My dress has torn.

verb

(intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.

He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.

The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.

He tore into the backlog of complaints.

verb

(intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.

The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.

verb

A hole or break caused by tearing.

A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.

noun

A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

There were big tears rolling down Lisa's cheeks.

Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.

noun

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

noun

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

noun

(intransitive) To produce tears.

Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.

verb

Origin of tear

From Middle English teren, from Old English teran (“to tear, lacerate"), from Proto-Germanic *teranÄ… (“to tear, tear apart, rip"), from Proto-Indo-European *derÇ- (“to tear, tear apart"). Cognate with Scots tere, teir, tair (“to rend, lacerate, wound, rip, tear out"), Dutch teren (“to eliminate, efface, live, survive by consumption"), German zehren (“to consume, misuse"), German zerren (“to tug, rip, tear"), Danish tÃ¦re (“to consume"), Swedish tÃ¤ra (“to fret, consume, deplete, use up"), Icelandic tÃ¦ra (“to clear, corrode"). Outside Germanic, cognate to Ancient Greek Î´ÎÏÏ‰ (derÅ, “to skin"), Albanian ther (“to slay, skin, pierce").

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