Australian English Meaning of tear
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Definitions and Meaning of tear in English
tear (n)
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
the act of tearing
tear (v)
separate or cause to separate abruptly
to separate or be separated by force
move quickly and violently
strip of feathers
fill with tears or shed tears
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.
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
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.
Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
To move violently; to agitate.
tear (v. i.)
To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
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tear
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands, an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart, an occasion for excessive eating or dri
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