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tear

/tɜr/

noun
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
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"his story brought tears to her eyes"

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teardrop

type of:
drop driblet drib

part of:
lachrymal secretion lacrimal secretion
verb
strip of feathers
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deplumate deplume displume pluck pull

type of:
strip
noun
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
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binge bout bust

type of:
revelry revel
verb
move quickly and violently
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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
verb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
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"tear the paper"

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bust rupture snap

type of:
part disunite separate divide
noun
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
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rent rip snag split

type of:
gap opening
verb
fill with tears or shed tears
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"Her eyes were tearing"

type of:
cry weep
noun
the act of tearing
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"he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

type of:
separation
verb
to separate or be separated by force
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type of:
part divide disunite separate

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