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tear::noun | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

Type	Words
Synonyms	teardrop
Type of	drop, driblet, drib

his story brought tears to her eyes.

tear::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

strip of feathers

Type	Words
Synonyms	deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull
Type of	strip

tear::noun | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

Type	Words
Synonyms	binge, bout, bust
Type of	revelry, revel
Has types	piss-up

tear::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

move quickly and violently

Type	Words
Synonyms	buck, charge, shoot, shoot down
Type of	pelt along, hasten, hie, step on it, speed, rush along, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, rush, hotfoot, race
Has types	rip
Verb group	shoot, dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud

tear::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

separate or cause to separate abruptly

Type	Words
Synonyms	bust, rupture, snap
Type of	part, disunite, separate, divide
Has types	rip up, rive, lacerate, pull, rend, rip, tear up, shred

tear the paper.

tear::noun | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Type	Words
Synonyms	rent, rip, snag, split
Type of	gap, opening

tear::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

fill with tears or shed tears

Type	Words
Type of	cry, weep
Derivation	tearing

Her eyes were tearing.

tear::noun | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

the act of tearing

Type	Words
Type of	separation
Has types	split, rip, rent, laceration

he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear.

tear::verb | Spocien Dictionary

tear

/tɜr/

to separate or be separated by force

Type	Words
Type of	part, divide, disunite, separate
Has types	split, rive, cleave