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NOUN | 1 | tear, teardrop | A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands |
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2 | tear, rip, rent, snag, split | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | |
3 | tear, bust, binge, bout | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking | |
4 | tear | The act of tearing | |
VERB | 1 | tear, rupture, snap, bust | Separate or cause to separate abruptly |
2 | tear | To separate or be separated by force | |
3 | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently | |
4 | tear, pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume | Strip of feathers | |
5 | tear | Fill with tears or shed tears |
Sounds | teh'r; tih'r |
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Rhymes | affair, air, airfare, and 109 more rhymes in ehr at the HyperDic website... |
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Meaning | A drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands. |
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Examples | "his story brought tears to her eyes" |
Synonyms | teardrop |
Part of | lacrimal secretion, lachrymal secretion |
Broader | drop, driblet |
Substances | water, H2O |
Adjectives | lacrimatory, lachrymatory; lacrimal, lachrymal |
Verbs | tear |
Meaning | An opening made forcibly as by pulling apart. |
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Synonyms | rip, rent, snag, split |
Broader | opening, gap |
Verbs | tear; tear |
Meaning | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. |
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Synonyms | bust, binge, bout |
Narrower | piss-up |
Broader | revel, revelry |
Meaning | The act of tearing. |
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Examples | "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
Narrower | laceration; rent, rip, split |
Broader | separation |
Verbs | tear; tear |
Meaning | Separate or cause to separate abruptly. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Model | They tear the sheets |
Examples | "tear the paper" |
Synonyms | rupture, snap, bust |
Narrower | lacerate; rend, rip, rive, pull; shred, tear up, rip up |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
See also | tear up; tear apart; tear down |
Nouns | tear; tear |
Meaning | To separate or be separated by force. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Narrower | cleave, split, rive |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part |
Nouns | tear; tear |
Meaning | Move quickly and violently. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Synonyms | shoot, shoot down, charge, buck |
Narrower | rip |
Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along |
Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot |
Meaning | Strip of feathers. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | pluck, pull, deplume, deplumate, displume |
Broader | strip |
Meaning | Fill with tears or shed tears. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "Her eyes were tearing" |
Broader | cry, weep |
Nouns | tearing; tear |