TEARS

5 letters 5 Scrabble points /tiːɹz/

Definition of TEARS

noun
  1. A hole or break caused by tearing.

    "A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam."

  2. A rampage.

    "to go on a tear"

verb
  1. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.

    "He tore his coat on the nail."

  2. To injure as if by pulling apart.

    "He has a torn ligament."

  3. To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.

    "He was torn by conflicting emotions."

Related words: rend rip
noun
  1. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.

    "Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on."

  2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.

  3. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.

verb
  1. To produce tears.

    "Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters T E A R S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 5 points

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