ALL meanings of tears
tear
T t - verb with object tears to distress greatly: anguish that tears the heart. Synonyms: break, crack, shatter, afflict. 1
- verb with object tears to divide or disrupt: a country torn by civil war. Synonyms: disunite, split, splinter. Antonyms: unite, reunite, join, bind. 1
- verb with object tears to wound or injure by or as if by rending; lacerate. Synonyms: cut, mangle, slash. 1
- verb with object tears to produce or effect by rending: to tear a hole in one's coat. 1
- verb with object tears to remove by force or effort: to be unable to tear oneself from a place. 1
- noun tears the act of tearing. 1
- noun tears a rent or fissure. Synonyms: rip, rift, rupture. 1
- noun tears a rage or passion; violent flurry or outburst. 1
- noun tears Informal. a spree. 1
- verb without object tears to become torn. 1
- verb without object tears to make a tear or rent. 1
- verb without object tears to move or behave with force, violent haste, or energy: The wind tore through the trees; cars tearing up and down the highway; I was tearing around all afternoon trying to find sandals for the beach. 1
- idioms tears tear it, Slang. to ruin all hope; spoil everything. 1
- idioms tears tear one's hair, to manifest extreme anxiety, grief, anger, or frustration: I'm so upset, I could just tear my hair out. Also, tear one's hair out. 1
- verb with object tears to pull apart or in pieces by force, especially so as to leave ragged or irregular edges. Synonyms: rend, rip, rive. Antonyms: mend, repair, sew. 1
- verb with object tears to pull or snatch violently; wrench away with force: to tear wrappings from a package; to tear a book from someone's hands. 1
- noun plural tears the clear salty solution secreted by the lacrimal glands that lubricates and cleanses the surface of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids 0
- noun plural tears a state of intense frustration (esp in the phrase bored to tears) 0