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A drop of water that comes from your eye when you are crying, etc.
C
~ usually plural
- She wiped away his tears.
- I was in tears at the end of the film. | I was crying at the end of the film.
- The little girl burst into tears | The little girl suddenly started to cry.
shed tears
To cry
- It was a sad occasion and many tears were shed.
tear | tore | torn
To damage sth by pulling it apart or into pieces; to become damaged in this way.
I,T
- I tore my shirt on that nail.
To remove sth by pulling violently and quickly.
T
- He tore the poster down from the wall.
- He tore the bag out of her hands.
tear (noun)
C
- You’ve got a tear in the back of your trousers.
tear sth apart
To pull sth violently into pieces.
- The bird was torn apart by the two dogs.
To destroy sth completely.
- The country has been torn apart by the war.
tear yourself away (from sb/sth)
To make youtself leave sb/sth or stop doing sth.
- Leo can’t tear himself away from that computer game.
be torn between A and B
tear sth down
(Used about a building) to destroy it.
- They tore down the old houses and built a shopping centre.
tear sth up
To pull sth into pieces, especially sth made of paper.
- ‘I hate this photograph’ she said, tearing it up.
