Tear

Definitions

1. A hole or break caused by tearing.
2. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
3. A rampage.
   slang
4. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
5. A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
6. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Equivalents

74 more languages

Afrikaanstraan

አማርኛእንባ

العربيةالدمعةتمزقخرقدمعدمعةشقمزق+ 4 more

Azərbaycan dilicırmaqgöz yaşı

Беларускаяірвацьрвацьсляза

Българскикъсамсълза

বাংলাঅশ্রুআঁখিজল

བོད་སྐད།མིག་ཆུམིག་ཆུ་ཤོར

BosanskimálkopisarrivaruperupturaRvatširisirisozasuzasuzicaрватисузасузица+ 11 more

Catalàesgarraresquinçarestriparllàgrima+ 1 more

Češtinaodtrhnoutprasklinaroztrhnoutřvátslzastrhnouttrhlinautrhnout+ 5 more

Cymraegdeigrynrhwygrhwygo

Danskflåflængerevneriftrivetåre+ 3 more

Ελληνικάδάκρυδακρύζωσκίζω

Esperantoelŝirilarmilarmoŝiri+ 1 more

Eestipisar

Euskaramalkonegar

فارسیپاره کردندریدن

Suomikaahatakäydä käsiksikyynelkyynelehtiämurskatapakoreikärepeämärepeytyärepeytymärepiärevähdyttäärevähtäärevetärynnätäsyöksyävuotaa+ 14 more

Vosa Vakavitiwai ni mata

Gaeilgedeoirroisroiseadhstróic+ 1 more

Gàidhligdeur

Galegobágoabagullachoraresbagoaresbagullarfendalágrimapingaracharrachosalaiar+ 8 more

ગુજરાતીઅશ્રુઆંસુ

עבריתדמעהקרע

हिन्दीअश्कअश्रुआँसू

HrvatskimálkopisarrivaruperupturaRvatširisirisozasuzasuzicaрватисузасузица+ 11 more

Magyarkönnykönnyeziklerombolszáguldszakadszakadásszakíttép+ 5 more

Հայերենարտասուքարցունքճղելպատառելպատռելպատռվելպոկել+ 4 more

Bahasa Indonesiaair matacabikcarikrobeksobek+ 2 more

Íslenskarifatár

Italianoandare sparatodemoliredilaniarelacrimasquarciaresquarciostaccarestrapparestrapparsistrappo+ 7 more

日本語坼引き裂く挘毟涙破る裂+ 4 more

ქართულიცრემლი

Қазақ тіліжас

ភាសាខ្មែរទឹកភ្នែកហែកអស្សុ

ಕನ್ನಡಕಣ್ಣೀರು

한국어누ᇇ믈누ᇈ믈눈물눈물 흘리다눈물짓다이슬찢기다찢다찢어내다+ 6 more

Kurdîçarikeşklotpisarşîrîtartepxêxe+ 6 more

Кыргызчажаш

Latinalacrimalaniōscissura

LëtzebuergeschTréin

ລາວຍົມມະນາ

Lietuviųašara

Latviešuasaraplēst

Te Reo Māorihaeturaki

Македонскисолзасолзи

മലയാളംഅശ്രുകണ്ണുനീർകീറൽ

Монголнулимс

Bahasa Melayuair mataاٴير مات

Maltidemgħa

မြန်မာမျက်ရည်

Nederlandsscheurscheurenslopentraanuitscheurenverscheuren+ 3 more

ଓଡ଼ିଆଅଶ୍ରୁ

Polskiburzyćdrżećłzaoderwaćodrywaćpędzićprućrozdarcierwaćrwać sięzburzyćzerwaćzrywać+ 10 more

Portuguêsarrancarburacochorardemolirdestacarfendalacrimejarlágrimarasgarrasgotear+ 8 more

Românăalergadărâmademoladetașalacrimaruperupererupturascoatesfâșiasmulgetăietură+ 9 more

Русскийнестисьоторватьотрыватьпорватьпорватьсяразорватьразрушатьразрушитьразрывразрыватьрватьрватьсяслезаснестисноситьсорватьсрывать+ 14 more

Slovenčinaslza

Slovenščinasolzastrgati

Soomaaliilmo

Shqiplot

СрпскиmálkopisarrivaruperupturaRvatsiriširisozasuzasuzicaрватисузасузица+ 11 more

Svenskarevarivaslitningtår+ 1 more

Kiswahilichozi

தமிழ்கண்ணீர்கிழிபிய்

తెలుగుకన్నీరుచించుచిరుగుతుంచు+ 1 more

ไทยขาดฉีกน้ำตา

Tagalogluha

Türkçeeşkgözyaşıkırmakkoparmakyaşyırtılmak+ 3 more

ئۇيغۇرچەياش

Українськавідде́ртивіддира́тидертизірватизнести́зно́ситизриватизруйнува́тинести́сярватирозде́ртирозриврозриватируйнува́тислізнийсльоза+ 13 more

اردوآنسواشک

Tiếng Việtnước mắtxe

Examples

“A small tear⟳ is easy to mend⟳, if it is on the seam.”

“to go on a tear⟳”

“Big tears streamed from Lisa's eyes, rolling down her cheeks.”

“Ryan wiped the tear⟳ from the paper he was crying on.”

“I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate⟳, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.”

“'[…] I remember⟳ a lady coming to inspect⟳ St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because "it was wicked to dress us like⟳ charity children".[…]'”

“Let⟳ Araby extol her happy coast, / Her fragrant flowers, her trees with precious tears.”

“Without meed of some melodious tear⟳. Begin⟳ then, Sisters of the sacred well [...]”

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