Main entry: tear
Definition: the act of tearing
Usage: he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear
Main entry: 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
Main entry: 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
Main entry: tear
Definition: fill with tears or shed tears
Usage: Her eyes were tearing
Main entry: tear, deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, pluck
Definition: strip of feathers
Usage: pull a chicken; pluck the capon
Main entry: tear
Definition: to separate or be separated by force
Usage: planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
Main entry: tear, rupture, snap, bust
Definition: separate or cause to separate abruptly
Usage: The rope snapped; tear the paper
Main entry: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office