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tear


tear - noun

  • a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
  • an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
  • an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
  • the act of tearing

    • tear - verb

    • separate or cause to separate abruptly
    • to separate or be separated by force
    • move quickly and violently
    • strip of feathers
    • fill with tears or shed tears

    tear - thesaurus

    binge   bout   buck   bust   charge   deplumate   deplume   displume   pluck   pull   rent   rip   rupture   shoot   snag   snap   split   teardrop  


    View spelling list ear words and learn about the word tear in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 12. Spelling choices for /air/ sound: air, are, ear.

    Scrabble score for tear

    t is 1 e is 1 a is 1 r is 1
    Scrabble score = 4

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