The meaning of TEAR is to separate parts of or pull apart by force : rend. How to use tear in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Tear.

TEAR definition: 1. to pull or be pulled apart, or to pull pieces off: 2. to move very quickly: 3. a hole in a…. Learn more.

(tear as in teardrop) a drop of the saline solution that is secreted by the lacrimal glands: I won’t shed a tear if you go.

There are three basic types of tears: basal, reflex and emotional. [3] In healthy mammalian eyes, the cornea is continually kept wet and nourished by basal tears. They lubricate the eye and …

If you tear paper, cloth, or another material, or if it tears, you pull it into two pieces or you pull it so that a hole appears in it.

Tear and wear (see Wear); Tear one's self away, to go off with great unwillingness; Tear the hair, to pull the hair in a frenzy of grief or rage; Tear up, to remove from a fixed state by violence: to …

Tear definition: To make (an opening) in something by pulling it apart or by accident.

to destroy or defeat somebody/something completely or criticize them or it severely. We tore the other team apart in the second half. The critics tore his last movie to shreds. (formal) to …

Tear, rend, rip mean to pull apart. To tear is to split the fibers of something by pulling apart, usually so as to leave ragged or irregular edges: to tear open a letter. Rend implies force or …

The verb tear often refers to pulling something apart or making a hole — and has a noun form that describes the result of those actions — but it can also describe quick movement. If you tear …