tears
Meaning of tears
noun
- A hole or break caused by tearing.
A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.
- A rampage.
to go on a tear
- To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
He tore his coat on the nail.
- To injure as if by pulling apart.
He has a torn ligament.
- To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
He was torn by conflicting emotions.
- To make (an opening) with force or energy.
A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.
- (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.
- (of structures, with down) To demolish
The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.
- To become torn, especially accidentally.
My dress has torn.
- To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
He tore into the backlog of complaints.
- To smash or enter something with great force.
The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
- To produce tears.
Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.
Information about tears
- The singular form of tears is: tear.
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Hyphenation of tears
tears
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- tears is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
tears synonyms
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Anagrams of tears
arest, arets, artes, aster, astre, earst, Estar, Estra, estra, rates, reast, resat, serta, stare, stear, strae, tares, tarse, Taser, taser, teras, Tresa
Words that rhyme with tears
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