Definition of tear

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Tear (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins..

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Dry :: Dry (a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Peel :: Peel (v. t.) To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc..
Shedder :: Shedder (n.) One who, or that which, sheds; as, a shedder of blood; a shedder of tears..
Lachrymary :: Lachrymary (a.) Containing, or intended to contain, tears; lachrymal..
Laniation :: Laniation (n.) A tearing in pieces.
Petrostearine :: Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made..
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home..
Seborrhea :: Seborrhea (n.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea.
Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..
Shredding :: Shredding (n.) The act of cutting or tearing into shreds.
Rip :: Rip (n.) A rent made by ripping, esp. by a seam giving way; a tear; a place torn; laceration..
Unroot :: Unroot (v. t.) To tear up by the roots; to eradicate; to uproot.
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Scalp :: Scalp (v. t.) To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
Divulsive :: Divulsive (a.) Tending to pull asunder, tear, or rend; distracting..
Strip :: Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped..
Glycerine :: Glycerine (n.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin..
Steatite :: Stearyl (n.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid.
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To reduce to tenderness; to melt; to soften; as, to subdue ferocity by tears..
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