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English to English noun
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a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands |  | Example: his story brought tears to her eyes
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an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | | Example: there was a rip in his pants
she had snags in her stockings
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an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | | Example: they went on a bust that lasted three days
source: wordnet30
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the act of tearing | | Example: he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear
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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. | | source: webster1913
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The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. | | source: webster1913
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A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. | | source: webster1913
verb
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separate or cause to separate abruptly | | Example: The rope snapped
tear the paper
source: wordnet30
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to separate or be separated by force | | Example: planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
source: wordnet30
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move quickly and violently | | Example: The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
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strip of feathers | | Example: pull a chicken
pluck the capon
source: wordnet30
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fill with tears or shed tears | | Example: Her eyes were tearing
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily. | | source: webster1913
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