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tears
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Princeton's WordNet
crying, weeping, tears(noun)
the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
"I hate to hear the crying of a child"; "she was in tears"
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Tears
Tears are secretions that clean and lubricate the eyes. Lacrimation or lachrymation is the production or shedding of tears. Strong emotions such as sorrow, elation, awe and pleasure, as well as irritation of the eyes, laughing, and yawning may lead to an increased production of tears, or crying.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Tears
The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'tears' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2366
Anagrams for tears »
arste, aster, rates, resat, setar, stare, tares, tarse, Taser, taser, teras
Arste
Taser
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tears in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tears in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of tears in a Sentence
My grandmother had called earlier that morning frustrated and in tears with her attempts to log on, eventually receiving a message that she'd been locked out from trying too many times -- a message she thought was specifically for her, not realizing many others were in the same boat.
I realized I was crying. I bit back my grief, blinked back my tears. As I always do.
It tears my guts out to think of the innocent people I've traumatized, i am sorry.
When we finished there were tears on all the actors' faces.
Your death and my death are mainly of importance to ourselves. The black plumes will be stripped off our hearses within the hour; tears will dry, hurt hearts close again, our graves grow level with the church-yard, and although we are away, the world wags on. It does not miss us; and those who are near us, when the first strangeness of vacancy wears off, will not miss us much either.
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