Tear
//tɛə//
Word Type
Verb
Noun
The word "tear" can be used as verb and noun.
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Derived Terms
Apache tear Dutch tear Mallory-Weiss tear Pele's tear Prince Rupert's tear Rupert's tear angel's tears artificial tear artificial tear drop baby's tears crocodile tears end in tears glass tear hot tear in tears on a tear retear rip-and-tear shed a tear tear a cat tear a strip off someone tear along tear and wear tear apart tear ass tear at tear away tear blower tear catcher tear down tear dress tear duct tear fluid tear gas tear gland tear into tear it up tear line tear off tear one's hair tear one's hair out tear out tear pit tear resistance tear sac tear sheet tear someone a new asshole tear someone a new one tear stick tear to pieces tear to shreds tear up tear up tear-ass tear-brimmed tear-cat tear-jerking tear-mouth tear-off tear-pit tear-throat tear-up teardown teardrop tearful tearjerker tearpit tears of wine tearsheet tearstained teary that tears it that's torn it torn write two tears in a bucket vale of tears war torn wear and tear
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break cry cry droplet cry liquid cry part crying crying liquid crying water cut demolish destroy drop droplet exudation eye eye exudation eye liquid eye water eyes hole irritation liquid move part produce ragged rampage rend retear rip ripping salt salt water salty salty water separate speed tare tear apart tear down tear into tear up tearaway that's torn it water water eye water eyes wear and tear what what cry
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