tear

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tear

(tear as in teardrop) a drop of the saline solution that is secreted by the lacrimal glands: I won’t shed a tear if you go.
Not to be confused with:tier – row, rank, or layer, one atop the other: Their seats are on the third tier.

tear¹

T0047100 (târ)v. tore (tôr), torn (tôrn), tear·ing, tears v.tr.1. a. To pull apart or into pieces by force; rend.b. To cause to be pulled apart unintentionally, as by accident: tore my pants on the barbed wire.c. To lacerate (the skin, for example).2. To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident: I tore a hole in my stocking.3. To separate forcefully; wrench: tore the pipe from the wall.4. To divide or disrupt: was torn between opposing choices; a country that was torn by strife.v.intr.1. To become torn: The fabric does not tear easily.2. To move with heedless speed; rush headlong: tore off down the road; tore along the avenue.n.1. The act of tearing.2. The result of tearing; a rip or rent: The shirt has a small tear.3. A great rush; a hurry.4. Slang A carousal; a spree.Phrasal Verbs: tear around Informal 1. To move about in excited, often angry haste.2. To lead a wild life. tear at1. To pull at or attack violently: The dog tore at the meat.2. To distress greatly: Their plight tore at his heart. tear away To remove (oneself, for example) unwillingly or reluctantly. tear down1. To demolish: tear down old tenements.2. To take apart; disassemble: tear down an engine.3. To vilify or denigrate. tear into1. To attack with great energy: tore into his opponent.2. To begin to do or eat something with great energy: tore into the meal. tear off Informal To produce hurriedly and casually: tearing off article after news article. tear up1. To tear to pieces.2. To make an opening in: tore up the sidewalk to add a drain.Idioms: on a tear In a state of intense, sustained activity: "After the Olympics, Bikila went on a tear, winning twelve of his next thirteen marathons" (Cameron Stracher). tear (one's) hair To be greatly upset or distressed.

[Middle English teren, from Old English teran; see der- in Indo-European roots.]

tear′er n.Synonyms: tear¹, rip¹, rend, split, cleave¹
These verbs mean to separate or pull apart by force. Tear involves pulling something apart or into pieces: "She tore the letter in shreds" (Edith Wharton).
Rip implies rough or forcible tearing: Carpenters ripped up the old floorboards. Rend usually refers to violent tearing or wrenching apart and often appears in figurative contexts: The air was rent by thunder. The party was rent by factionalism. To split is to cut or break something into parts or layers, especially along its entire length or along a natural line of division: "They [wood stumps] warmed me twice—once while I was splitting them, and again when they were on the fire" (Henry David Thoreau).
Cleave most often refers to splitting with a sharp instrument: The butcher cleft the side of beef into smaller portions.

tear²

T0074000 (tîr)n.1. a. A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lachrymal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.b. tears A profusion of this liquid spilling from the eyes and wetting the cheeks, especially as an expression of emotion.c. tears The act of weeping: criticism that left me in tears.2. A drop of a liquid or hardened fluid.intr.v. teared, tear·ing, tears To become filled with tears: The strong wind caused my eyes to tear.Phrasal Verb: tear up1. To have tears well in the eyes: At the funeral, the mourners began to tear up.2. To cause to have tears well in the eyes: By the movie's end, the whole audience was teared up.

[Middle English ter, from Old English tēar; see dakru- in Indo-European roots.]

tear

(tɪə) n1. (Physiology) a drop of the secretion of the lacrimal glands. See tears2. something shaped like a hanging drop: a tear of amber. Also called (esp Brit): teardrop [Old English tēar, related to Old Frisian, Old Norse tār, Old High German zahar, Greek dakri] ˈtearless adj

tear

(tɛə) vb, tears, tearing, tore or torn1. to cause (material, paper, etc) to come apart or (of material, etc) to come apart; rip2. (tr) to make (a hole or split) in (something): to tear a hole in a dress. 3. (often foll by: along) to hurry or rush: to tear along the street. 4. (tr; usually foll by away or from) to remove or take by force5. (when: intr, often foll by at) to cause pain, distress, or anguish (to): it tore at my heartstrings to see the starving child. 6. tear one's hair informal to be angry, frustrated, very worried, etcn7. a hole, cut, or split8. the act of tearing9. a great hurry; rush10. on a tear slang showing a sudden burst of energy[Old English teran; related to Old Saxon terian, Gothic gatairan to destroy, Old High German zeran to destroy] ˈtearable adj ˈtearer n

tear¹

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n. 1. a drop of the saline, watery fluid continually secreted by the lacrimal glands between the surface of the eye and the eyelid. 2. a drop of this fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye as the result of emotion, esp. grief. 3. something resembling a tear, as a drop of a liquid or a tearlike mass of a solid substance. 4. tears, a. grief; sorrow. b. an act of weeping: bored to tears. v.i. 5. (of the eyes) to fill up and overflow with tears. Idioms: in tears, weeping. [before 900; (n.) Middle English teer, Old English tēar, tæher]

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v. tore, torn, tear•ing,
n. v.t. 1. to pull apart or in pieces by force; rend. 2. to pull or snatch violently; wrench away with force: to tear a book from someone's hands. 3. to divide or disrupt: a country torn by civil war. 4. to produce by rending: to tear a hole in one's coat. 5. to wound or injure by or as if by rending; lacerate: grief that tears the heart. 6. to remove by force or effort (often fol. by away): It was such an exciting lecture, I couldn't tear myself away. v.i. 7. to become torn: The fabric tears easily. 8. to move or behave with force, violent haste, or energy: The wind tore through the trees; cars tearing up and down the highway. 9. tear at, a. to pluck violently at. b. to distress; afflict. 10. tear down, a. to pull down; demolish. b. to disparage or discredit. 11. tear into, to attack impulsively or viciously. 12. tear up, a. to tear into small shreds. b. to cancel or annul: to tear up a contract. n. 13. the act of tearing. 14. a rent or fissure. 15. a rage or passionate outburst. 16. Informal. a spree. Idioms: tear it, Slang. to ruin all chances for a successful outcome. [before 900; Middle English teren (v.), Old English teran, c. Old Frisian tera, Old Saxon terian, Old High German zeran, Greek dérein to flay] tear′er, n.

tear

(tîr) A drop of the clear salty liquid secreted by glands (lacrimal glands) in the eyes. Tears wet the membrane covering the eye and help rid the eye of substances that cause irritation.

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discerp - To shred or tear something apart.
avulse - To tear or pull away or pluck off.
deracinate - "To pluck or tear up by the roots," from Latin racine, "root."
dilacerate, dilaniate - To tear or rip something or someone to shreds is to dilacerate or dilaniate.

tear

Past participle: torn
Gerund: tearing

Imperative
tear
tear

Present
I tear
you tear
he/she/it tears
we tear
you tear
they tear

Preterite
I tore
you tore
he/she/it tore
we tore
you tore
they tore

Present Continuous
I am tearing
you are tearing
he/she/it is tearing
we are tearing
you are tearing
they are tearing

Present Perfect
I have torn
you have torn
he/she/it has torn
we have torn
you have torn
they have torn

Past Continuous
I was tearing
you were tearing
he/she/it was tearing
we were tearing
you were tearing
they were tearing

Past Perfect
I had torn
you had torn
he/she/it had torn
we had torn
you had torn
they had torn

Future
I will tear
you will tear
he/she/it will tear
we will tear
you will tear
they will tear

Future Perfect
I will have torn
you will have torn
he/she/it will have torn
we will have torn
you will have torn
they will have torn

Future Continuous
I will be tearing
you will be tearing
he/she/it will be tearing
we will be tearing
you will be tearing
they will be tearing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tearing
you have been tearing
he/she/it has been tearing
we have been tearing
you have been tearing
they have been tearing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tearing
you will have been tearing
he/she/it will have been tearing
we will have been tearing
you will have been tearing
they will have been tearing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tearing
you had been tearing
he/she/it had been tearing
we had been tearing
you had been tearing
they had been tearing

Conditional
I would tear
you would tear
he/she/it would tear
we would tear
you would tear
they would tear

Past Conditional
I would have torn
you would have torn
he/she/it would have torn
we would have torn
you would have torn
they would have torn

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tear - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"teardroplachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion - saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeballdrib, driblet, drop - a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid); "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"--KiplingH2O, water - binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent
	2.	tear - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"rent, rip, snag, splitopening, gap - an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
	3.	tear - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"binge, bout, bustrevel, revelry - unrestrained merrymakingpiss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking
	4.	tear - the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"separation - the act of dividing or disconnectinglaceration - the act of laceratingrent, rip, split - the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
Verb	1.	tear - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"rupture, snap, bustdisunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"lacerate - cut or tear irregularlyrend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"rip up, shred, tear up - tear into shredstear apart, trash, pan - express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"rip up, shred, tear up - tear into shredspull down, rase, raze, dismantle, tear down, level, take down - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
	2.	tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"cleave, rive, split - separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
	3.	tear - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"shoot down, buck, charge, shoothie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten - move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"rip - move precipitously or violently; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
	4.	tear - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pullstrip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
	5.	tear - fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"weep, cry - shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"

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verb1. rip, split, rend, shred, rupture, sunder She very nearly tore my overcoat.2. run, rip, ladder, snag Too fine a material may tear.3. scratch, cut (open), gash, lacerate, injure, mangle, cut to pieces, cut to ribbons He'd torn his skin trying to do it barehanded.4. pull apart, claw, lacerate, sever, mutilate, mangle Canine teeth are for tearing flesh.5. rush, run, charge, race, shoot, fly, career, speed, belt (slang), dash, hurry, barrel (along) (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, zoom, burn rubber (informal) The door flew open and she tore into the room.6. pull, seize, rip, grab, snatch, pluck, yank, wrench, wrest She tore the windscreen wipers from his car.7. (often with apart) divide, split, break apart, rupture, split down the middle, disunite a country that has been torn by civil war8. torment, torture, rack, wring Torn by guilt, they gave a mandate to protect civilians.noun1. hole, split, rip, run, rent, snag, rupture I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.tear something down demolish, knock down, pull down, level, dismantle, flatten, take down, bulldoze, raze, raze to the ground, disassemble They'll be tearing down those buildings sooner or later.

tear¹

verb1. To separate or pull apart by force:rend, rip, rive, run, split.2. To remove from a fixed position:extract, pluck, pull.3. To move swiftly:bolt, bucket, bustle, dart, dash, festinate, flash, fleet, flit, fly, haste, hasten, hurry, hustle, pelt, race, rocket, run, rush, sail, scoot, scour, shoot, speed, sprint, trot, whirl, whisk, whiz, wing, zip, zoom.Informal: hotfoot, rip.Slang: barrel, highball.Chiefly British: nip.Idioms: get a move on, get cracking, go like lightning, go like the wind, hotfoot it, make haste, make time, make tracks, run like the wind, shake a leg, step on it.phrasal verb
tear down1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible:demolish, destroy, dismantle, dynamite, knock down, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, wreck.Aerospace: destruct.2. To make defamatory statements about:asperse, backbite, calumniate, defame, malign, slander, slur, traduce, vilify.Law: libel.Idiom: cast aspersions on.noun1. A hole made by tearing:rent, rip, run.2. Slang. A drinking bout:binge, brannigan, carousal, carouse, drunk, spree.Slang: bat, bender, booze, jag.

tear²

noun1. A drop of the clear liquid secreted by the glands of the eyes:teardrop.2. A fit of crying.Used in plural:bawling, blubbering, cry, sobbing, wailing, weeping.verbTo fill with tears:water.

Translations

眼泪破处飞跑扯扯破

tear¹

(tiə) noun a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it. tears of joy/laughter/rage.眼泪ˈtearful adjective1. inclined to cry or weep; with much crying or weeping. She was very tearful; a tearful farewell.流泪的2. covered with tears. tearful faces.眼泪汪汪的ˈtearfully adverb悲伤地ˈtearfulness noun泪汪汪tear gas a kind of gas causing blinding tears, used against eg rioters. 催泪毒气ˈtear-stained adjective marked with tears. a tear-stained face.泪水沾湿的in tears crying or weeping. She was in tears over the broken doll. 含着泪，流着泪

tear²

(teə) – past tense tore (toːn) : past participle torn (toː) – verb1. (sometimes with off etc) to make a split or hole in (something), intentionally or unintentionally, with a sudden or violent pulling action, or to remove (something) from its position by such an action or movement. He tore the photograph into pieces; You've torn a hole in your jacket; I tore the picture out of a magazine. 撕破，撕去 2. to become torn. Newspapers tear easily.扯破3. to rush. He tore along the road. 飞跑，狂奔 noun a hole or split made by tearing. There's a tear in my dress. 扯破的洞，撕裂处 be torn between (one thing and another) to have a very difficult choice to make between (two things). He was torn between obedience to his parents and loyalty to his friends. 左右为难，难以作出选择 tear (oneself) away to leave a place, activity etc unwillingly. I couldn't tear myself away from the television.勉强使自己离开tear one's hair to be in despair with impatience and frustration. Their inefficiency makes me tear my hair. 撕扯自己的头发（表示忿怒、焦急、忧虑） tear up1. to remove from a fixed position by violence; The wind tore up several trees. 拔掉2. to tear into pieces. She tore up the letter.撕碎

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tear

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Related to tear: tear gas, meniscus tear

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Synonyms for tear

verb rip

Synonyms

rip
split
rend
shred
rupture
sunder

verb run

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run
rip
ladder
snag

verb scratch

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scratch
cut (open)
gash
lacerate
injure
mangle
cut to pieces
cut to ribbons

verb pull apart

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pull apart
claw
lacerate
sever
mutilate
mangle

verb rush

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rush
run
charge
race
shoot
fly
career
speed
belt
dash
hurry
barrel (along)
sprint
bolt
dart
gallop
zoom
burn rubber

verb pull

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pull
seize
rip
grab
snatch
pluck
yank
wrench
wrest

verb divide

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divide
split
break apart
rupture
split down the middle
disunite

verb torment

Synonyms

torment
torture
rack
wring

noun hole

Synonyms

hole
split
rip
run
rent
snag
rupture

phrase tear something down

Synonyms

demolish
knock down
pull down
level
dismantle
flatten
take down
bulldoze
raze
raze to the ground
disassemble

Synonyms for tear

verb to separate or pull apart by force

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rend
rip
rive
run
split

verb to remove from a fixed position

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extract
pluck
pull

verb to move swiftly

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bolt
bucket
bustle
dart
dash
festinate
flash
fleet
flit
fly
haste
hasten
hurry
hustle
pelt
race
rocket
run
rush
sail
scoot
scour
shoot
speed
sprint
trot
whirl
whisk
whiz
wing
zip
zoom
hotfoot
rip
barrel
highball
nip

phrase tear down: to pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible

Synonyms

demolish
destroy
dismantle
dynamite
knock down
level
pull down
pulverize
raze
wreck
destruct

phrase tear down: to make defamatory statements about

Synonyms

asperse
backbite
calumniate
defame
malign
slander
slur
traduce
vilify
libel

noun a hole made by tearing

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rent
rip
run

noun a drinking bout

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binge
brannigan
carousal
carouse
drunk
spree
bat
bender
booze
jag

noun a drop of the clear liquid secreted by the glands of the eyes

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teardrop

noun a fit of crying

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bawling
blubbering
cry
sobbing
wailing
weeping

verb to fill with tears

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water

Synonyms for tear

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

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teardrop

Related Words

lachrymal secretion
lacrimal secretion
drib
driblet
drop
H2O
water

noun an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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rent
rip
snag
split

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opening
gap

noun an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

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binge
bout
bust

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revel
revelry
piss-up

noun the act of tearing

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separation
laceration
rent
rip
split

verb separate or cause to separate abruptly

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rupture
snap
bust

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disunite
separate
part
divide
lacerate
rend
rip
rive
pull
rip up
shred
tear up
tear apart
trash
pan
pull down
rase
raze
dismantle
tear down
level
take down

verb to separate or be separated by force

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cleave
rive
split
disunite
separate
part
divide

verb move quickly and violently

Synonyms

shoot down
buck
charge
shoot

Related Words

hie
hotfoot
pelt along
race
rush
rush along
speed
step on it
belt along
bucket along
cannonball along
hasten
dash
scoot
scud
dart
flash
shoot
rip

verb strip of feathers

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deplumate
deplume
displume
pluck
pull

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verb rip

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verb scratch

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verb pull apart

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verb torment

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noun hole

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phrase tear something down

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verb to separate or pull apart by force

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verb to remove from a fixed position

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verb to move swiftly

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phrase tear down: to pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible

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phrase tear down: to make defamatory statements about

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noun a hole made by tearing

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noun a drinking bout

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noun a drop of the clear liquid secreted by the glands of the eyes

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noun a fit of crying

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verb to fill with tears

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

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noun an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

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