Definitions for tears
tears

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1. 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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1. 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.

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1. Tears

   The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.

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1. tears

   Song lyrics by tears -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by tears on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tears' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2366

Anagrams for tears »

1. arste, aster, rates, resat, setar, stare, tares, tarse, Taser, taser, teras

2. Arste

3. Taser

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tears in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tears in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tears in a Sentence

1. Ken Mosier:

   He was in tears.

2. Angela Valero:

   I held back the tears.

3. Albert Camus:

   Live to the point of tears.

4. Dorothy Rothschild Parker:

   Hell's afloat in lover's tears.

5. Tim Dixon:

   They well up with tears about it.

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