1. (verb)tear to rip sth You tore one of the pages!; Pull it gently so that it doesn't tear.
2. tear to rush somewhere, especially with excitement The boys tore out of the house to see their father.
3. (noun)tear the place where sth is ripped There was a tear in the pocket of his jacket.
4. (noun)tear a drop of liquid that comes from your eye when you cry tears rolling down her cheeks
5. tear burst into tears to startcrying All I said was "maybe not," and he burst into tears.
6. tear in tears crying I found her in tears on the doorstep.
Definition of 'tear'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)tear a drop of the limpid, salinefluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids
2. (noun)tear 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. (noun)tear that which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge
4. (noun)tear the act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure
5. (verb)tear 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
6. (verb)tear hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions
7. (verb)tear to rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home
8. (verb)tear to pull with violence; as, to tear the hair
Sense: a drop of liquid coming from the eye, as a result of emotion (especially sadness) or because something (eg smoke) has irritated it tears of joy/laughter/rage.