Definition of tear

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Tear (v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh..

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Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To get by, or as by, cutting or tearing..
Rip :: Rip (v. t.) To divide or separate the parts of, by cutting or tearing; to tear or cut open or off; to tear off or out by violence; as, to rip a garment by cutting the stitches; to rip off the skin of a beast; to rip up a floor; -- commonly used with up, open, off..
Mammock :: Mammock (v. t.) To tear to pieces.
Stearoptene :: Stearone (n.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate..
Teary :: Teary (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.
Touze :: Touze (v. t. & i.) To pull; to haul; to tear; to worry.
Tristearate :: Tristearate (n.) Tristearin.
Droplet :: Droplet (n.) A little drop; a tear.
Tearless :: Tearless (a.) Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.
Totear :: Totear (v. t.) To tear or rend in pieces.
Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..
Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..
Tear :: Tear (n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Root :: Root (v. t.) To tear up by the root; to eradicate; to extirpate; -- with up, out, or away..
Lachrymation :: Lachrymation (n.) The act of shedding tears; weeping.
Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair..
Palmitin :: Palmitin (n.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil, etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate..
Margarin :: Margarin (n.) A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin..
Tristearin :: Tristearin (n.) See Stearin.
Lachrymiform :: Lachrymiform (a.) Having the form of a tear; tear-shaped.
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