Available Definitions:
1) - p. p. of Tear.
2) n. - 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) n. - That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
4) v. t. - To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh.
5) v. t. - Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.
6) v. t. - To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
7) v. t. - To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
8) v. t. - To move violently; to agitate.
9) v. i. - To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
10) v. i. - To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.
11) n. - The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.