tearˈy adjective

Tearful

tear bag noun

1. The lachrymal gland
2. The tear pit

tear bottle noun (archaeology)

A small bottle once thought to contain mourners' tears

tear drop noun

1. A tear
2. Anything having a similar shape

tear duct noun

The opening at the inner corner of the eye by which tears drain into the nose, the lachrymal duct

tearˈ-falling adjective (Shakespeare)

Shedding tears

tear gas noun

A gas or volatile substance that blinds temporarily by provoking tears

tearˈ-gas transitive verb

To use tear gas on

tear gland noun

The lachrymal gland

tearˈ-jerker noun

An extravagantly sentimental song, book, film, etc, inviting pity, grief, sorrow

tearˈ-jerking adjective

tear pit noun

(in deer) a gland below the eye secreting a waxy substance

tear shell noun

A shell that disperses tear gas

tear smoke noun

A lachrymatory vapour that, as opposed to tear gas, is visible

tearˈ-stained adjective

(of the face or cheeks) streaked with tracks left by tears

bored to tears

Bored beyond endurance

in tears

Weeping

without tears

By an easy or painless method