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| NOUN | 1 | tear, teardrop | A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands |
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| 2 | tear, rip, rent, snag, split | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
| 3 | tear, bust, binge, bout | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking | |
| 4 | tear | The act of tearing | |
| VERB | 1 | tear, rupture, snap, bust | Separate or cause to separate abruptly |
| 2 | tear | To separate or be separated by force | |
| 3 | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently | |
| 4 | tear, pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume | Strip of feathers | |
| 5 | tear | Fill with tears or shed tears |
| Sounds | teh'r; tih'r |
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| Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 110 more rhymes in ehr... |
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| Meaning | A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands. |
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| Examples | "his story brought tears to her eyes" |
| Synonyms | teardrop |
| Part of | lacrimal secretion, lachrymal secretion |
| Substances | water, H2O |
| Broader | drop, drib, driblet |
| Adjectives | lacrimatory, lachrymatory; lacrimal, lachrymal |
| Verbs | tear |
| Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. |
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| Synonyms | rip, rent, snag, split |
| Broader | opening, gap |
| Verbs | tear; tear |
| Meaning | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. |
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| Synonyms | bust, binge, bout |
| Broader | revel, revelry |
| Narrower | piss-up |
| Meaning | The act of tearing. |
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| Examples | "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
| Broader | separation |
| Narrower | laceration; rent, rip, split |
| Verbs | tear; tear |
| Meaning | Separate or cause to separate abruptly. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | They tear the sheets |
| Examples | "tear the paper" |
| Synonyms | rupture, snap, bust |
| Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
| See also | tear apart; tear up; tear down |
| Narrower | lacerate; rend, rip, rive, pull; shred, tear up, rip up |
| Nouns | tear; tear |
| Meaning | To separate or be separated by force. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
| Narrower | cleave, split, rive |
| Nouns | tear; tear |
| Meaning | Move quickly and violently. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | shoot, shoot down, charge, buck |
| Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
| Narrower | rip |
| Meaning | Strip of feathers. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume |
| Broader | strip |
| Meaning | Fill with tears or shed tears. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "Her eyes were tearing" |
| Broader | cry, weep |
| Nouns | tear; tearing |
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