Tear Meaning and Definition
What is the definition Tear? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Example sentences, Related sentences, Synonyms, Words ending with Tear, Antonyms, Derivations, Words starting with Tear and more...
Word: Tear
How to pronounce: teə
Verb
Definitions:
1. Pull or rip (something) apart or to pieces with force.
Example sentences: "I tore up the letter"
2. Move very quickly in a reckless or excited manner.
3. Be in a state of uncertainty between two conflicting options or parties.
Example sentences: "He was torn between his duty and his better instincts"
Noun
Definitions:
1. A hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.
Example sentences: "There was a tear in her dress"
2. A brief spell of erratic or unrestrained behavior; a binge or spree.
Noun
Definitions:
1. A drop of clear salty liquid secreted from glands in a person's eye when they cry or when the eye is irritated.
Example sentences: "A tear rolled down her cheek"
Intransitive verb
Definitions:
1. (of the eye) produce tears.
Example sentences: "The freezing wind made her eyes tear"
Synonyms:
teargas
break off
tear up
snap
pull
pull away
pull out
pluck
wrest
yank
tear down
break
rip
scuttle
split
rent
wring
rupture
burst
blow
race
blast
bust
charge
dash
lacerations
laceration
vomit
puke
lacerate
tear asunder
throw up
pick
uproot
root out
rip apart
run
hurtle
rush
fly
pry
slit
slash
Antonyms:
start
begin
Derivations:
tearing
teary
tearless
tearful
teardrop
tearfully
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Tear in Other Languages...
Spanish: Desgarrar
German: Reißen
French: Larme
Italian: Lacrima
Turkish: Yırtmak