Tear vs. Tears

Tearverb

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

Tearverb

(transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.

Tearverb

(transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

Tearverb

(transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.

Tearverb

To remove by tearing.

Tearverb

To demolish

Tearverb

(intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.

Tearverb

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

Tearverb

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

Tearverb

(intransitive) To produce tears.

Tearnoun

A hole or break caused by tearing.

Tearnoun

(slang) A rampage.

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

(glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

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.

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

Tearnoun

The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Tearverb

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.

Tearverb

Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

Tearverb

To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

Tearverb

To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

Tearverb

To move violently; to agitate.

Tearverb

To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

Tearverb

To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tearnoun

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

Tearnoun

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart;

Tearnoun

an occasion for excessive eating or drinking;

Tearnoun

the act of tearing;

Tearverb

separate or cause to separate abruptly;

Tearverb

to separate or be separated by force;

Tearverb

move quickly and violently;

Tearverb

strip of feathers;

Tearverb

fill with tears or shed tears;

Tearsnoun

plural of tear

Tearsnoun

viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting

Tearsnoun

the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds);

Tears

Tears are a clear liquid secreted by the lacrimal glands (tear gland) found in the eyes of all land mammals (except for goats and rabbits). Their functions include lubricating the eyes (basal tears), removing irritants (reflex tears), and aiding the immune system.