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Noun tear has 4 senses
- tear, teardrop - a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
--1 is a kind of drop, driblet
--1 is a part of lacrimal secretion, lachrymal secretion
--1 has substances: water, H2O
- rip, rent, snag, split, tear - an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
--2 is a kind of opening, gap
- bust, tear, binge, bout - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
--3 is a kind of revel, revelry
--3 has particulars: piss-up
- tear - the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
--4 is a kind of separation
--4 has particulars: laceration; rent, rip, split
Verb tear has 5 senses
- tear, rupture, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
--1 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentence:
They tear the sheets
- tear - to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
--2 is one way to separate, disunite, divide, part
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck - move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
--3 is one way to rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume - strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
--4 is one way to strip
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- tear - fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
--5 is one way to cry, weep
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
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