tear¹ /tēr/

1. A drop of liquid secreted by the lachrymal gland that moistens and cleans the eye, or overflows from it as a manifestation of emotion, esp sorrow
2. An exuding drop
3. A blob, bead, pear-shaped drop
4. A small flaw or cavity, as in glass

(of the eyes; chiefly US) to fill with tears (also tear up)

tearˈful adjective

1. Brimming with, ready to shed, or shedding, tears, crying
2. Inclined to cry, lachrymose
3. Emotion-filled, producing tears

tearˈfully adverb

tearˈfulness noun

tearˈless adjective

1. Shedding no tears, dry-eyed
2. Sorrowless

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

• hindbrains
• hindcast
• hindcasted
• hindcasting
• hindcasts
• hinder
• hinderance
• hinderances
• hindered
• hinder-end
• hinder-ends
• hinderer
• hinderers
• hindering
• hinderingly
• hinderland
• hinderlands
• hinderlans
• hinderlings
• hinderlins
• hindermost
• hinders
• hindfeet
• hindfoot
• hindforemost