TEAR: значение слова

I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tæhher, tēar; akin to Old High German zahar tear, Greek dakry Date: before 12th century

1. a drop of clear saline fluid secreted by the lacrimal gland and diffused between the eye and eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion, a secretion of profuse tears that overflow the eyelids and dampen the face, a transparent drop of fluid or hardened fluid matter (as resin), an act of weeping or grieving , tearless adjective

II. intransitive verb Date: before 12th century to fill with tears ; shed tears ,

III. verb (tore; torn; tearing)
Etymology: Middle English teren, from Old English teran; akin to Old High German zeran to destroy, Greek derein to skin, Sanskrit dṛṇāti he bursts, tears Date: before 12th century transitive verb

1. to separate parts of or pull apart by force ; rend , to wound by or as if by tearing ; lacerate , to divide or disrupt by the pull of contrary forces ,

3. to remove by force ; wrench , to remove as if by wrenching , to make or effect by or as if by tearing , intransitive verb to separate on being pulled ; rend ,

2. to move or act with violence, haste, or force , to smash or penetrate something with violent force , tearable adjective tearer noun Synonyms: see: tear

IV. noun
Date: 1611


1. damage from being torn, the act of tearing,

2. a tearing pace ; hurry , spree , a run of unusual success