Transcription
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- [teer]
- /tɪər/
- /teə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teer]
- /tɪər/
Definitions of tear word
- noun tear the act of tearing. 1
- noun tear a rent or fissure. Synonyms: rip, rift, rupture. 1
- noun tear a rage or passion; violent flurry or outburst. 1
- noun tear Informal. a spree. 1
- verb without object tear to become torn. 1
- verb without object tear to make a tear or rent. 1
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Origin of tear
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English teer, Old English tēar, tehher, taeher; cognate with Old High German zahar, Old Norse tār, Gothic tagr, Greek dákry, Latin lacrima (see lachrymal); (v.) Middle English teren, Old English teheran, in teherende (gerund), derivative of the noun
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tear
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tear popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tear usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tear
verb tear
- abscind — to cut off
- avulse — to remove or take away by force
- bang up — When a prisoner is banged up, they are put in prison and locked in a cell.
- barreling — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
- barrelled — a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides made of staves hooped together, and with flat, parallel ends.
noun tear
- bacchanalia — orgiastic rites associated with Bacchus
- blow out — If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- blow-out — (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
- blowout — A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much.
- boiling point — The boiling point of a liquid is the temperature at which it starts to change into steam or vapour. For example, the boiling point of water is 100° centigrade.
Antonyms for tear
verb tear
- cobble — Cobbles are the same as cobblestones.
- cobbled — A cobbled street has a surface made of cobblestones.
- cobbles — coal in small rounded lumps
- cobbling — to pave with cobblestones.
- darn — If you darn something knitted or made of cloth, you mend a hole in it by sewing stitches across the hole and then weaving stitches in and out of them.
noun tear
- join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
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