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tear English

Meaning tear meaning

What does tear mean?
Definitions in simple English

tear Noun 1

— A tear is hole made by pulling or ripping something. I cannot wear a shirt with a tear in it!

tear Noun 2

— A tear is a drop of water that comes from your eye when you cry. I felt sorry when I saw the tears running down her face.

tear Verb 1

— If you tear something you make a hole in it, or make it into two pieces, by pulling it apart. It is making a tear. Paper is easier to tear than cloth. I tore a hole in my pants when I fell on my knee. I was so mad at her I tore her letter in half.

tear Verb 2

— If someone is tearing, that person has tears coming from the eyes. Often, this is called "tearing up." Usually, this is when the person is not crying in a way that can be heard. I tried to look brave, but started tearing up at the funeral. My eye started to tear after I got sand in it. She teared up when she heard the news.

tear

— verb (= snap) separate or cause to separate abruptly The rope snapped tear the paper — verb to separate or be separated by force planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars — noun a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands his story brought tears to her eyes — verb (= charge) move quickly and violently The car tore down the street He came charging into my office — verb (= pluck, pull) strip of feathers pull a chicken pluck the capon — noun (= rip, snag) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart there was a rip in his pants she had snags in her stockings — verb fill with tears or shed tears Her eyes were tearing — noun the act of tearing he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear — noun (= bust) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking they went on a bust that lasted three days

Synonyms tear synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as tear?

tear English » English

rip split rend break teardrop rent tears cut crack scratch burst slit rupture be torn torn rush pull lacerate tear up snap rive pluck laceration divide cry claw wear sever race destroy bust shred shoot separate run mangle crush weep wear out wear and tear tear off snag rip open pick hole drop dash tear to pieces tatter strike

Topics tear topics

What do people use tear to talk about?
Person Healthy

Injure
Universe, creation Animal Animal actions

Animal eating
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Cry, tear
Physical actions Posture

Move a part of the body
Physical actions Move Manner of movement Walk

Run
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Move quickly
Physical actions Divide into pieces

Tear, rip
Language and thought Communication Say

Criticize
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Wind
Person Body Head

Eye
Person Life Die

Mourn
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Take something out of something
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Pull
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart
Physical actions Break, wear out

Damage
Physical actions Break, wear out

Tear down

Conjugation tear conjugation

How do you conjugate tear?

tear · verb

Examples tear examples

How do I use tear in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You can tear the box open.
This house needs so many repairs, it would be easier to tear it down and build a new one.
Tom ordered to tear down the old school in his hometown.
Why did you tear the cloth instead of cutting it with scissors?
In order to share it, we'll have to tear it into two pieces.
This old building isn't worth fixing up. It would be better to tear it down.
I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.
Throw a tear-gas bomb at him.
We must tear down this house.
I saw my sister tear up the letter.
They will tear down the old building in two days.
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
The warranty doesn't cover normal wear and tear.
Tear a page out of your copybook.
Why did Bill tear the letter into pieces?
A tear rolled down her cheek.
I saw him tear up the letter.
A tear ran down her cheek.
I tear my clothes when I work in the garden.
She tried not to shed a tear.

Movie subtitles

A picture with a smile - and perhaps, a tear.
Don't tear your pretty dress on them logs.
Well, tear him down yourself. - I could kick him into pulp! I could break him in two.
I don't know whether I shall be able to tear myself away from you.
I want you to tear it up.
But I can't let it tear me to pieces the way it did the first time.
I HEAR THEY'RE GONNA TEAR YOU DOWN AND PUT UP AN OFFICE BUILDING.
JUST FOR THAT I'M GONNA TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!
Well, let's tear it wide open.
You know, Peggy, when I started for the theater tonight I wanted to tear your hair out.
Tear the skin from your body, slowly, bit by bit.
To tear down the walls of Jericho.
I force my way into your car and tear my clothes and scream, and after all, you have to protect your career, so you pay.
I'm afraid they'll have to tear.
If I had hold of you, I'd tear you to pieces, you beast!
Now don't tear your pretty dress on them logs.
Well, tear him down yourself.
Young men can't wait to tear off your clothes.
You better beat it or they'll tear you down and put up offices.
I'm gonna tear you limb from limb.
Now, don't make a move, or that dog will tear you to shreds.
Oh, Greg, tear up this note and forget it.
Tear their masks off.
I don't know, you must have been out on a tear last night.
We can tear up the Mayor's speech when we get there.
Well, you'll forgive us. if we tear ourselves away? Dancer seems a bit anxious.
You'll tear off my ear!
Oh, so, Dustin wore a 1930s high-waisted vintage tux that had a tear in it that he patched over with a piece of gabardine from his father's wedding suit, so.
I'm gonna tear you apart.
Tear me apart.
You ain't gonna tear nobody apart.
IF I HAVE TO TEAR THIS PLACE DOWN STONE BY STONE.
They would tear me to pieces.
I wish I could tear it up now before anybody reads it, but I can't.

News and current affairs

Simultaneously, continuing ethnic tensions between Uyghur, Kazakh, Hui, and Han Chinese threatened to tear the region apart along local and tribal lines.
It gave the US a stick with which to tear down the EU's common agricultural policy.
We could, for example, tear down San Francisco's row houses and replace them with buildings more like those of New York's Upper West Side.
On the surface, Europe's current crisis, which some people predict will tear apart the European Union, is financial.
He was a grown man to everyone but Nanny, always remaining for her a small, pink, frightened, tear-stained child.
Russia is again on a tear.
Many fishing techniques now in use--bottom trawls foremost among them--literally tear up the habitat upon which fish depend.
An assertive and relatively stable China, it seems, must expand, lest pent-up internal pressures tear it apart.
Let us, together with the US, tear down the trade and economic barriers that are stifling these economies.
When police attacked with tear gas, pieds noirs opened fire.
They tear societies apart, destroy the livelihoods of millions, and cause even greater conflicts, as we have seen in Iraq.
Do any of us ever tear up our insurance policies?
Police fired tear gas into the compound, standing by as those outside the cathedral launched petrol bombs, hurled rocks, and shot at those inside.
Surely we can caution its people that they are sliding towards Talibanization, and that this threatens to tear their country apart?
And it is not only major stressful life events that exact a toll on our bodies; the many conflicts and demands of daily life elevate and sometimes disrupt the workings of our response systems for stress, causing wear and tear on the body and brain.
Clinton and Blair - who came to power after that other odd Anglo-American couple, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, had started to tear at the fabric of social democracy - made compromises of which Attlee would not have dreamed.
The battle between austerity's defenders and opponents thus threatens to tear apart not just the eurozone, but the EU as a whole.
On the contrary, such a choice would tear Europe apart both politically and economically.
Russia is again on a tear. This time, the Kremlin has stuck its finger in the West's eye over the long and painful effort to bring Kosovo to formal independence.
To allow this pillar to erode - or, worse, to tear it down - is a folly of the highest order.

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