English dictionary
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English noun: tear | |||
| 1. | tear (body) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | ||
| Samples | His story brought tears to her eyes. | ||
| Synonyms | teardrop | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | drib, driblet, drop | ||
| Part meronym | lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion | ||
| Substance holonym | H2O, water | ||
| 2. | tear (object) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | ||
| Samples | There was a rip in his pants. She had snags in her stockings. | ||
| Synonyms | rent, rip, snag, split | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gap, opening | ||
| 3. | tear (act) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | ||
| Samples | They went on a bust that lasted three days. | ||
| Synonyms | binge, bout, bust | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | revel, revelry | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | piss-up | ||
| 4. | tear (act) the act of tearing | ||
| Samples | He took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | separation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | laceration, rent, rip, split | ||
English verb: tear | |||
| 1. | tear (contact) separate or cause to separate abruptly | ||
| Samples | The rope snapped. Tear the paper. | ||
| Examples | They tear the sheets | ||
| Synonyms | bust, rupture, snap | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disunite, divide, part, separate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | lacerate, pull, rend, rip, rip up, rive, shred, tear up | ||
| 2. | tear (contact) to separate or be separated by force | ||
| Samples | Planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disunite, divide, part, separate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cleave, rive, split | ||
| 3. | tear (motion) move quickly and violently | ||
| Samples | The car tore down the street. He came charging into my office. | ||
| Synonyms | buck, charge, shoot, shoot down | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rip | ||
| Verb group | dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot | ||
| 4. | tear (contact) strip of feathers | ||
| Samples | Pull a chicken. Pluck the capon. | ||
| Synonyms | deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | strip | ||
| 5. | tear (body) fill with tears or shed tears | ||
| Samples | Her eyes were tearing. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cry, weep | ||
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