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

tearˈ-gas transitive verb

To use tear gas on

• waveringly
• waveringness
• waveringnesses
• waverings
• waverous
• wavers
• wavery
• waves
• WAVES
• waveshape
• waveson
• wavesons
• wavetable
• wavetables
• wave theories
• wave theory
• wave train
• wave trains
• wavey
• waveys
• wavier
• wavies
• waviest
• wavily
• waviness