tear

Noun

• the act of tearing
  • he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear
    

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
  • they went on a bust that lasted three days
    

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • there was a rip in his pants
    
  • she had snags in her stockings
    

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
  • his story brought tears to her eyes
    

Verb

• fill with tears or shed tears
  • Her eyes were tearing
    

• strip of feathers
  • pull a chicken
    
  • pluck the capon
    

• move quickly and violently
  • The car tore down the street
    
  • He came charging into my office
    

• to separate or be separated by force
  • planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars
    

• separate or cause to separate abruptly
  • The rope snapped
    
  • tear the paper
    

Related words

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