tear

Meanings

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
  • "his story brought tears to her eyes"
• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
• the act of tearing
  • "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
• separate or cause to separate abruptly
  • "tear the paper"
• to separate or be separated by force
• move quickly and violently
• strip of feathers
• fill with tears or shed tears
  • "Her eyes were tearing"

Synonyms

binge, bout, buck, bust, charge, deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, rent, rip, rupture, shoot, shoot down, snag, snap, split, teardrop