tear

tear
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noun from the eyes
ADJECTIVE
angry, bitter, emotional

There were angry tears in Lily's eyes.

happy
burning, fresh, hot, salty, warm

Her eyes were blinded by scalding tears.

genuine, real, wet (esp. AmE)
crocodile (= not sincere)

They weep crocodile tears for the poor, but do nothing to help.

great, huge, large
single, solitary, stray

I wiped a stray tear from my eye.

silent
helpless, sudden, uncontrollable
unshed

His eyes were bright with unshed tears.

VERB + TEAR
cry, shed (also figurative), weep

I won't shed any tears when Moira retires.

She wept silent tears when she heard his name.

brush, brush away, dry, wipe, wipe away

I picked the little girl up and helped dry her tears.

She wiped a tear from her eye.

blink back, choke back, fight back, hold back

He had to fight back tears of frustration.

stop

I couldn't stop the tears.

hide

He turned away to hide his tears.

break down in tears, burst into tears

She broke down in tears in court.

move sb to tears, reduce sb to tears

His father's angry shouting reduced the little boy to tears.

brim with tears, fill with tears

His eyes filled with tears.

end in tears (= to have an unhappy result)
TEAR + VERB
appear, brim in sb's eyes, come, escape, fill sb's eyes, form, gather, spill from sb's eyes, spill over, spring into/to sb's eyes, start, well, well up

He could never read the letter without tears coming to his eyes.

Her tears spilled over her cheeks.

drip, drop, fall, flow, overflow, stream (from sth)

She ran out of the room, tears streaming from her eyes.

course down sth, flood down sth, pour down sth, roll down sth, run down sth, slide down sth, slip down sth, spill down sth, stream down sth, trickle down sth

A single tear rolled slowly down her cheek.

stain sth, streak sth

Tears streaked her face.

glisten

Tears glistened in her eyes.

stand

Tears stood in Oliver's eyes.

blur sth, cloud sth

Tears blurred his vision.

burn (sth), prick sth, prick at sth, prick in sth, sting sb's eyes

She felt tears pricking her eyelids.

dry, dry up
TEAR + NOUN
duct, gland
gas

The police fired tear gas at the protesters.

PREPOSITION
in tears

He came to me in tears.

through your tears

She tried to smile through her tears.

tear for

He shed no tears for his lost youth.

tear of

tears of happiness

tear over

It turned out to be a lot of tears over nothing.

PHRASES
bring tears to sb's eyes

It brings tears to your eyes to see them having such fun.

close to tears, near to tears

More than once I came near to tears.

a flood of tears, floods of tears

We were in floods of tears at the end of the movie.

a mist of tears

I watched it all through a mist of tears.

on the verge of tears
with tears in your eyes
wet with tears

Her cheeks were wet with tears.

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noun in fabric, paper, etc.
VERB + TEAR
have
make
fix, mend (esp. BrE)
PREPOSITION
tear in

This sheet has a tear in it.

PHRASES
wear and tear (= the damage to objects, furniture, etc. that is the result of normal use)
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verb
Tear is used with these nouns as the object: ↑dress, ↑fabric, ↑flesh, ↑gash, ↑gaze, ↑hole, ↑ligament, ↑muscle, ↑page, ↑paper, ↑sheet, ↑tendon
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verb
ADVERB
badly

His clothes were badly torn.

easily

Careful—the fabric tears very easily.

almost, nearly, practically

The storm nearly tore the roof off.

apart (also figurative), asunder (literary, figurative), off, out, up

The dogs tore the fox apart.

We tore the other team apart in the second half.

communities that are being torn asunder by crime

VERB + TEAR
threaten to
PREPOSITION
at

The fabric snagged and tore at the seams.

from

I tore another sheet from the pad.

off

She tore the label off the suitcase.

on

She tore her skirt on a nail.

out of

Several pages had been torn out of the book.

PHRASES
tear free, tear loose

She tore herself free.

One error and he would have been torn loose and hurled overboard by the wind.

tear sth in half, tear sth in two

She tore the piece of paper in half.

tear sb limb from limb

He threatened to tear me limb from limb.

tear sth open

She tore the letter open.

tear sth to pieces, tear sth to shreds (often figurative)

The critics tore his last movie to shreds.


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  • Tear — (t[^a]r), v. t. [imp. {Tore} (t[=o]r), ((Obs. {Tare}) (t[^a]r); p. p. {Torn} (t[=o]rn); p. pr. & vb. n. {Tearing}.] [OE. teren, AS. teran; akin to OS. farterian to destroy, D. teren to consume, G. zerren to pull, to tear, zehren to consume, Icel …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tear — tear1 [ter] vt. tore, torn, tearing [ME teren < OE teran, to rend, akin to Ger zehren, to destroy, consume < IE base * der , to skin, split > DRAB1, DERMA1] 1. to pull apart or separate into pieces by force; rip or rend (cloth, paper,… …   English World dictionary

  • tear — tear; tear·able; tear·age; tear·er; tear·ful; tear·i·ly; tear·less; tear·able·ness; tear·ful·ly; tear·ful·ness; tear·less·ly; tear·less·ness; …   English syllables

  • tear — Ⅰ. tear [1] ► VERB (past tore; past part. torn) 1) rip a hole or split in. 2) (usu. tear up) pull or rip apart or to pieces. 3) damage (a muscle or ligament) by overstretching it. 4) (usu …   English terms dictionary

  • Tear — (t[=e]r), n. [AS. te[ a]r; akin to G. z[ a]rhe, OHG. zahar, OFries. & Icel. t[=a]r, Sw. t[*a]r, Dan. taare, Goth. tagr, OIr. d[=e]r, W. dagr, OW. dacr, L. lacrima, lacruma, for older dacruma, Gr. da kry, da kryon, da kryma. [root]59. Cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tear — may refer to:*Tears, eye secretion *Tearing, breaking apart fibers by force *Robert Tear (born 1939), Welsh singerElements in fiction: *Tear, character Tear Grants in video game Tales of the Abyss *Tear (Wheel of Time), nation in series of… …   Wikipedia

  • tear — vb Tear, rip, rend, split, cleave, rive can all mean to separate forcibly one part of a continuous material or substance from another, or one object from another with which it is closely and firmly associated. Tear implies pulling apart or away… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tear — [n1] rip, cut breach, break, crack, damage, fissure, gash, hole, imperfection, laceration, mutilation, rent, run, rupture, scratch, split, tatter; concept 513 Ant. perfection tear / tears [n2] droplets from eyes, often caused by emotion… …   New thesaurus

  • Tear It Up — Исполнитель Queen Альбом The Works Дата выпуска 27 февраля 1984 Дата записи …   Википедия

  • Tear — Tear, n. The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] {Wear and tear}. See under {Wear}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tear|y — «TIHR ee», adjective, tear|i|er, tear|i|est. 1. = tearful. (Cf. ↑tearful) 2. = salty. (Cf. ↑salty) …   Useful english dictionary

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