tear
41tear — 1. verb /tɛə,tɛɚ/ a) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the… …
42tear at — phrasal : lacerate the sight of her grief tore at his heart * * * ˈtear at [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they tear at he/she/it tears at …
43tear — English has two separate words tear, both of ancient ancestry. The sort of tear that one weeps [OE] goes back (together with its Germanic relatives German träne, Dutch traan, Swedish tår, and Danish taare) to prehistoric Indo European *dakru , a… …
44tear — English has two separate words tear, both of ancient ancestry. The sort of tear that one weeps [OE] goes back (together with its Germanic relatives German träne, Dutch traan, Swedish tår, and Danish taare) to prehistoric Indo European *dakru , a… …
45tear — Synonyms and related words: abrade, abrasion, amputate, assault, attack, autacoid, ax, bacchanal, bacchanalia, bacchanalian, ball the jack, barbarize, bark, barrel, bat, batter, bawling, bender, bile, binge, bisect, blemish, bloody, blubbering,… …
46tear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rip, rend, lacerate, tatter, shred; split, burst, break, part, separate, remove, raze, wrench; give; snatch, race; speed, dash, fly. n. break, rent, split; wound; crack, fissure, gap; ( pl.) teardrops …
47tear — I n 1. teardrop, drop, droplet, bead, globule. v 2.(all of the eyes) water, well or fill up with tears, get moist or dewy or teary; secrete tears, shed tears, weep, gush, overflow. II v 1. rip, rend, reave, rive, pull apart; shred, rip or pull to …
48tear up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear up : present tense I/you/we/they tear up he/she/it tears up present participle tearing up past tense tore up past participle torn up 1) to destroy something such as a piece of paper or cloth by pulling it …
49tear at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms tear at : present tense I/you/we/they tear at he/she/it tears at present participle tearing at past tense tore at past participle torn at tear at something to pull very strongly at something The wind tore at… …
50Tear — The picturesque and interesting surname is of Scottish origin and is the Maux contration of the Gaelic Mac an t Saoir . In this form it is a patronymic, mac denoting the son of , and translates as son of the carpenter or wright. Glenoe, near… …
