Tear (verb)
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.”
Tear (verb)
To injure as if by pulling apart.
“He has a torn ligament.”
“He tore some muscles in a weight-lifting accident.”
Tear (verb)
To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
“He was torn by conflicting emotions.”
Tear (verb)
To make (an opening) with force or energy.
“A piece of debris tore a tiny straight channel through the satellite.”
“His boss will tear him a new one when he finds out.”
“The artillery tore a gap in the line.”
Tear (verb)
To remove by tearing.
“Tear the coupon out of the newspaper.”
Tear (verb)
To demolish
“The slums were torn down to make way for the new development.”
Tear (verb)
To become torn, especially accidentally.
“My dress has torn.”
Tear (verb)
To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
“He went tearing down the hill at 90 miles per hour.”
“The tornado lingered, tearing through town, leaving nothing upright.”
“He tore into the backlog of complaints.”
Tear (verb)
To smash or enter something with great force.
“The chain shot tore into the approaching line of infantry.”
Tear (verb)
To produce tears.
“Her eyes began to tear in the harsh wind.”
Tear (noun)
A hole or break caused by tearing.
“A small tear is easy to mend, if it is on the seam.”
Tear (noun)
A rampage.
“to go on a tear”
Tear (noun)
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
“There were big tears rolling down Lisa’s cheeks.”
“Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.”
Tear (noun)
Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
Tear (noun)
A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
Tear (noun)
That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Cry (verb)
To shed tears; to weep.
“That sad movie always makes me cry.”
Cry (verb)
To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
Cry (verb)
To shout, scream, yell.
Cry (verb)
To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
Cry (verb)
To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
“Tonight I’ll cry myself to sleep.”
Cry (verb)
To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, etc.
“to cry goods”
Cry (verb)
Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
Cry (noun)
A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
“After we broke up, I retreated to my room for a good cry.”
Cry (noun)
A shout or scream.
“I heard a cry from afar.”
Cry (noun)
Words shouted or screamed.
“a battle cry”
Cry (noun)
A group of hounds.
Cry (noun)
A pack or company of people.
Cry (noun)
A typical sound made by the species in question.
“”Woof” is the cry of a dog, while “neigh” is the cry of a horse.”
Cry (noun)
A desperate or urgent request.
Cry (noun)
Common report; gossip.
Cry (verb)
shed tears, typically as an expression of distress, pain, or sorrow
“don’t cry—it’ll be all right”
“you’ll cry tears of joy”
Cry (verb)
shout or scream, typically to express fear, pain, or grief
“the little girl fell down and cried for mummy”
Cry (verb)
say something loudly in an excited or anguished tone of voice
“‘Where will it end?’ he cried out”
Cry (verb)
(of a street trader) shout out the name of (goods for sale)
“there was a bustle of activity as vendors cried their wares, offering shellfish to potential buyers”
Cry (verb)
(of a bird or other animal) make a loud characteristic call
“the wild birds cried out over the water”
Cry (noun)
a loud inarticulate shout or scream expressing a powerful feeling or emotion
“a cry of despair”
Cry (noun)
a loud excited utterance of a word or words
“there was a cry of ‘Silence!’”
Cry (noun)
the call of a street trader selling goods
“the city comes to life after 10 p.m., with the din of car horns, and the cries of street hawkers”
Cry (noun)
an urgent appeal or entreaty
“fund-raisers have issued a cry for help”
Cry (noun)
a demand or opinion expressed by many people
“peace became the popular cry”
Cry (noun)
the loud characteristic call of a bird or other animal
“the harsh cries of magpies”
Cry (noun)
a spell of shedding tears
“I still have a cry, sometimes, when I realize that my mother is dead”
Cry (noun)
a pack of hounds
“he kept a cry of hounds to hunt in the wilderness”