Definitions for tears
tears

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1. crying, weeping, tearsnoun

   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.

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1. • Bodily Process

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

Anagrams for tears »

1. arste

2. aster

3. rates

4. resat

5. setar

6. stare

7. tares

8. tarse

9. Taser

10. taser

11. teras

How to pronounce tears?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say tears in sign language?

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. Pedro Abad:

   People are in a somber mood. I could see some officers with tears in their eyes. It is an emotional day for all of us. Like I said, we are a family and we're all hurt by this, it's tragic for people to lose their lives at such an early age, whatever the reason.

2. Zoya Vorobey:

   I’m worried about the people very much, I’m worried to tears, i’ve been watching television since this morning, every minute, to see if anything changes. Unfortunately, nothing (changes) so far.

3. Kara Cagle:

   I could never have imagined that someone would have taken such despicable advantage of me during that time. It was so traumatic that I left in tears.

4. Sarosh Ashraf Janjua:

   I burst into tears. And though it may just have been the cold wind, I think Trooper Schwartz teared up a little as well, before wishing me well and walking away.

5. Matt Bellina:

   This thing doesn’t just take away muscles— it beats us up, kills us, and literally tears families apart, it exhausts everybody around you. I think those people deserve a lot of recognition.

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