Synonyms: tear
Definition: the act of tearing
Usage: he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear
Similar words: separation
Definition: the act of dividing or disconnecting
Synonyms: binge, tear, bust, bout
Definition: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Usage: they went on a bust that lasted three days
Definition: a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
Usage: his story brought tears to her eyes
Similar words: drib, driblet, drop
Definition: a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)
Usage: he had a drop too much to drink; a drop of each sample was analyzed; there is not a drop of pity in that man; years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet--Kipling
Synonyms: rip, rent, split, snag, tear
Definition: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Usage: there was a rip in his pants; she had snags in her stockings
Definition: an open or empty space in or between things
Usage: there was a small opening between the trees; the explosion made a gap in the wall
Synonyms: tear
Definition: fill with tears or shed tears
Usage: Her eyes were tearing
Definition: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain
Usage: She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death; The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs
Synonyms: tear, deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, pluck
Definition: strip of feathers
Usage: pull a chicken; pluck the capon
Synonyms: tear
Definition: to separate or be separated by force
Usage: planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
Similar words: disunite, divide, part, separate
Definition: force, take, or pull apart
Usage: He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea
Synonyms: tear, rupture, snap, bust
Definition: separate or cause to separate abruptly
Usage: The rope snapped; tear the paper
Similar words: disunite, divide, part, separate
Definition: force, take, or pull apart
Usage: He separated the fighting children; Moses parted the Red Sea
Synonyms: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office
Similar words: hasten, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, pelt along, belt along, step on it, race, speed, rush, rush along
Definition: move fast
Usage: He rushed down the hall to receive his guests; The cars raced down the street