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Tear [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Tears are the limpid fluid secreted by the lacrymal gland, and appearing in the eyes, or flowing from them. A tear in the singular, is a drop or a small quantity of that fluid. Tears are excited by passions, particularly by grief. This fluid is also called forth by any injury done to the eye. It serves to moisten the cornea and preserve its transparency, and to remove any dust or fine substance that enters the eye and gives pain.

2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter.

3. A rent; a fissure. [Little used.]

Tear [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To rave; to rage; to rant; to move and act with turbulent violence; as a mad bull.

Tear [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To separate by violence or pulling; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment, to tear the skin or flesh. We use tear and rip in different senses. To tear is to rend or separate the texture of cloth; to rip is to open a seam, to separate parts sewed together.

2. To wound; to lacerate.

3. The women beat their breasts, their cheeks they tear

4. To rend; to break; to form fissures by any violence; as, torrents tear the ground.

5. To divide by violent measures; to shatter; to rend; as a state or government torn by factions.

6. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

7. To remove by violence; to break up.

8. Or on rough seas from their foundation torn.

9. To make a violent rent.

10. In the midst, a tearing groan did break

11. The name of Antony.

12. To tear from, to separate and take away by force; as an isle torn from its possessor.

13. The hand of fate

14. Has torn thee from me.

15. To tear off, to pull off by violence; to strip.

16. To tear out, to pull or draw out by violence; as, to tear out the eyes.

17. To tear up, to rip up; to remove from a fixed state by violence; as, to tear up a floor; to tear up the foundations of government or order.

Tear [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A drop of the limpid, saline fluid 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. 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. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

4. The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure.

Tear [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.

2. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

Tear [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. 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.

2. Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions.

3. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.

4. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.

5. To move violently; to agitate.

Tear-falling [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Shedding tears; tender; as tear-falling pity.

Tear-falling [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shedding tears; tender.

Tear-thumb [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles.

Tearer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One who tears or rends any thing.

2. One that rages or raves with violence.

Tearer [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.

Tearful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as tearful eyes.

Tearful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes.

Tearing [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Rending; pulling apart; lacerating; violent; raging.

Tearing [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Tearless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Shedding no tears; without tears; unfeeling.

Tearless [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.

Tearpit [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Tears Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

The prayer of David, “Put my tears into thy bottle,” is unintelligible without an acquaintance with ancient customs. “This passage,” says Burder, “seems to intimate that the custom of putting tears into the ampullæ, or urnal lachrymales, so well known among the Romans, was more anciently in use among the eastern nations, and particularly the Hebrews. These urns were of different materials, some of glass, some of earth; as may be seen in the work of Montfaucon, where also may be seen the various forms or shapes of them. These urns were placed on the sepulchres of the deceased, as a memorial of the distress and affection of their surviving relations and friends. It will be difficult to account for this expression of the psalmist, but upon this supposition. If this be allowed, the meaning will be, ‘Let my distress, and the tears I shed in consequence of it, be ever before thee, excite thy kind remembrance of me, and plead with thee to grant the relief I stand in need of.’”

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Teary [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Wet with tears; tearful.

2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears.

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Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Genesis 43:30

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.

Exodus 28:32

And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent.

with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.

Exodus 34:13

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

Rather, you must tear down their altars, smash their sacred stones, and chop down their Asherah poles.

Exodus 39:23

And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.

with an opening in the center of the robe like that of a garment, with a collar around the opening so that it would not tear.

Leviticus 1:17

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Leviticus 10:6

And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

Leviticus 21:10

And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

Deuteronomy 7:5

But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

Deuteronomy 12:3

And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place.

Tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.

Deuteronomy 33:20

And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.

Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.

Judges 2:2

And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?

Judges 6:25

And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it:

On that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.

Judges 8:7

And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

“Very well,” Gideon replied, “when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness!”

Judges 8:9

And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”

Judges 14:6

And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.

and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.

2 Samuel 3:31

And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.

Then David ordered Joab and all the people with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn before Abner.” And King David himself walked behind the funeral bier.

1 Kings 11:11

Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.

Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

1 Kings 11:12

Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father’s sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.

Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.