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tear

2  [tair] verb, tore or (Archaic) tare, torn or (Archaic) tare, tear⋅ing; noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to pull apart or in pieces by force, esp. so as to leave ragged or irregular edges.
2. to pull or snatch violently; wrench away with force: to tear wrappings from a package; to tear a book from someone's hands.
3. to distress greatly: anguish that tears the heart.
4. to divide or disrupt: a country torn by civil war.
5. to wound or injure by or as if by rending; lacerate.
6. to produce or effect by rending: to tear a hole in one's coat.
7. to remove by force or effort: to be unable to tear oneself from a place.
–verb (used without object)
8. to become torn.
9. to make a tear or rent.
10. to move or behave with force, violent haste, or energy: The wind tore through the trees; cars tearing up and down the highway; I was tearing around all afternoon trying to find sandals for the beach.
–noun
11. the act of tearing.
12. a rent or fissure.
13. a rage or passion; violent flurry or outburst.
14. Informal. a spree.
—Verb phrases
15. tear at,
a. to pluck violently at; attempt to tear: She tore at the bandages until they loosened.
b. to distress; afflict: remorse that tears at one's soul.
16. tear down,
a. to pull down; destroy; demolish.
b. to disparage or discredit: to tear down one's friends behind their backs.
17. tear into, Informal.
a. to attack impulsively and heedlessly: He tore into the food with a will.
b. to attack verbally: She tore into him for being late for dinner.
18. tear off, Slang. to perform or do, esp. rapidly or casually: to tear off a poem; to tear off a set of tennis.
19. tear up,
a. to tear into small shreds: He tore up the drawings because she had criticized them.
b. to cancel or annul: to tear up a contract.
—Idioms
20. tear it, Slang. to ruin all hope; spoil everything.
21. tear one's hair, to tug at one's hair, as with anger or sorrow. Also, tear one's hair out.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME teren (v.), OE teran; c. D teren, G zehren to consume, Goth distairan to destroy, Gk dérein to flay

Related forms:
tear⋅a⋅ble, adjective
tear⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
tearer, noun

Synonyms:
1. Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or violence in tearing apart or in pieces: to rend one's clothes in grief. Rip implies vigorous tearing asunder, esp. along a seam or line: to rip the sleeves out of a coat. 3. shatter, afflict. 4. split. 5. cut, mangle. 12. rip.
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Slang Dictionary
tear [tɛr]

  1. n.
    a wild drinking bout. (See also rip.) : Sally is off on a tear again.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tear  (v.)
"pull apart," O.E. teran (class IV strong verb; past tense tær, pp. toren), from P.Gmc. *teran (cf. O.S. terian, M.Du. teren "to consume," O.H.G. zeran "to destroy," Ger. zehren, Goth. ga-tairan "to tear, destroy"), from PIE *der- "tear" (cf. Skt. drnati "cleaves, bursts," Gk. derein "to flay," Arm. terem "I flay," O.C.S. dera "to burst asunder," Bret. darn "piece"). The O.E. past tense survived long enough to get into Bible translations as tare before giving place 17c. to tore, which is from the old pp. toren. Sense of "to pull by force" (away from some situation or attachment) is attested from 1297. The noun meaning "act of tearing" is attested from 1666. To be torn between two things (desires, loyalties, etc.) is from 1871.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 4tear
Function: noun
: a wound made by tearing a bodily part tear> tear in hisrotator cuff>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

tear 2 (tēr)
n.
A drop of the clear salty liquid that is secreted by the lacrimal gland of the eye to lubricate the surface between the eyeball and eyelid and to wash away irritants.

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Science Dictionary
tear   (tîr)  Pronunciation Key 
A drop of the clear salty liquid secreted by glands (lacrimal glands) in the eyes. Tears wet the membrane covering the eye and help rid the eye of irritating substances.
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