| tear | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: teardrop |
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| (noun) the act of tearing | - |
| (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, bust |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, split |
| (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap |
| (verb) to separate or be separated by force | - |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull |
| (verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down |
| (verb) fill with tears or shed tears | - |
| tearaway | (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, hotheaded, impetuous, impulsive, madcap |
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| (noun) a reckless and impetuous person | - |
| teardrop | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: tear |
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| (noun) anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) | - |
| tearful | (adjective) filled with or marked by tears | - |
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| (adjective) showing sorrow | Synonyms: dolorous, dolourous, lachrymose, weeping |
| tearfully | (adverb) with tears; in a tearful manner | - |
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| tearfulness | (noun) sadness expressed by weeping | Synonyms: weepiness |
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| teargas | (noun) a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds | Synonyms: lachrymator, lacrimator, tear gas |
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| (verb) attack with teargas; subject to teargas fumes | - |
| tearing | (adjective) marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid | Synonyms: fierce, trigger-happy, vehement, violent |
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| (noun) shedding tears | Synonyms: lachrymation, lacrimation, watering |
| tearjerker | (noun) an excessively sentimental narrative | - |
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| tearless | (adjective) free from tears | Synonyms: dry-eyed |
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| tearoom | (noun) a restaurant where tea and light meals are available | Synonyms: tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, teashop |
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| tears | (noun) the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds) | Synonyms: crying, weeping |
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| teary | (adjective) with eyes full of tears | Synonyms: teary-eyed, watery-eyed |
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