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— English words —

• tear v. (Transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether…
• tear v. (Transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
• tear v. (Transitive) To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
• tear v. (Transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
• tear v. (Transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
• tear v. (Transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
• tear v. (Intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
• tear v. (Intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
• tear v. (Intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
• tear n. A hole or break caused by tearing.
• tear n. (Slang) A rampage.
• tear n. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
• tear n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped…
• tear n. (Glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
• tear n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
• tear v. (Intransitive) To produce tears.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Galician
  • tear n. Loom.
• Middle english
  • tear n. (Early ME) Alternative form of teer (“tear”).
• Old english
  • tear n. Tear (drop of liquid from the tear duct).
• Romanian
  • te-ar cont. Contraction of te + ar.
• West frisian
  • tear n. Fold.
  • tear n. Crease.

— English word, defined in German —

• tear S. Salziger Tropfen, den das Auge beim Weinen vergießt; Träne.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• tear n. Traan.

— English words, defined in French —

• tear n. Larme. Note : Souvent utilisé au pluriel.
• tear v. Verser une larme ou un peu de liquide.
• tear n. (Rare) Déchirure.
• tear v. Déchirer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• tear s. Lágrima.
• tear v. Rasgar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• tear s. Lágrima.
• tear v. Rasgar, arrancar.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• tear s. (Medicina) lacrima.
• tear s. Strappare.
• tear s. Stracciare.
• tear s. Tirare giù.
• tear s. Buttare giù.
• tear s. Strappare.
• tear s. Staccare.
• tear s. Correre all’impazzata.

— In Portuguese —

• tear s. Aparelho ou máquina de tecer.

99 English words from 22 English definitions

abstract accidentally accompanies act also Alternative and apart as␣if become bit break caused causes clay clear coherence Contraction Crease crying demolish destroy dirge down drop duct Early emotional energy enter especially eyes fluid Fold force form from glass great holding hole in␣glass injure Intransitive in␣two irritation lament liquid Loom make manufacture material matter move of␣a off often opening out partially places political produce produced pulling pulling␣apart rampage reduce remove rend restraining salty shaped Slang smash social solid something speed structures such such␣as tear tear␣duct tearing tears teer That the torn Transitive transparent two unity violence vitrified whether which with

6 English words from 19 foreign definitions

all das den Note Rare Verser

29 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Aparelho arrancar Auge beim Déchirer Déchirure giù impazzata lacrima Lágrima larme liquide máquina Medicina peu pluriel Rasgar Salziger Souvent tecer Tirare Traan Träne Tropfen une un␣peu utilisé vergießt Weinen

160 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

teare Teare tears teart teary tear␣at teared tearer teares Teares tearin' tearme tear-up tear␣up tear-cat tearers tearest teareth tearful teargas tear-gas tear␣gas tearier tearily tearing tearlet tearmes tearoff tear-off tear␣off tearoom tea␣room tea␣rose tear␣out tearpit tear␣sac tears␣up tear-ups tearable tearably tear␣a␣cat tearaway tear␣away tear-cats teardown tear-down tear␣down teardrop tear␣duct teared␣up +110 words

222 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

steard Stearn stears bat␣ears in␣tears outearn retears steared steares stearic stearin Stearns stearyl uptears Aotearoa cetearyl hot␣tears latte␣art muktears outearns stearate stearine stearing stearins Stearman stearone stearoyl stearyls white␣arm Aotearoan burnt␣ears ceteareth distearin distearyl estearase flat-earth gate␣array Job's␣tears latte␣arts mooktears moot␣earth outearned retearing seatearth seat␣earth shed␣tears stearages stearated stearates stearines +172 words

36 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

stear bat␣ear betear retear totear uptear fortear hot␣tear muktear on␣a␣tear burnt␣ear mooktear wheatear Dutch␣tear glass␣tear microtear Pele's␣tear rabbit␣ear shed␣a␣tear violetear Apache␣tear rip-and-tear sheds␣a␣tear elephant␣ear Rupert's␣tear wear␣and␣tear pied␣wheatear Atlas␣wheatear crocodile␣tear shedding␣a␣tear artificial␣tear desert␣wheatear Mallory-Weiss␣tear northern␣wheatear Prince␣Rupert's␣tear isabelline␣wheatear

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ear EAR 'ear tea Tea TEA

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aet AET aet. æt. a.e.t. Rae

10 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

AETR aret arte- Ater 'eart rate Reta tare Tera tera-

126 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acter adret after after- aftre Akter alert Alert alter alter- altre antre areet arent Arent aren't arete arête armet artel Artie ather- atren Berat Berta caret carte Carte cater Cater crate creat dater derat drate earnt earth Earth eater Erath Erato ergat- E-tard frate freat freta gater Gater 'Gater grate +76 words

58 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aer aer- aër- aet AET aet. æt. a.e.t. are Are ARE Åre A.R.E. art Art ART 'art art. ate Até Atë -ate ATR ear EAR 'ear eat era ERA ert ERT eta ETA ETR Rae rat Rat RAT 'rat rea Rea REA ret Ret. RTA RTÉ Rte. tar Tar TAR tea Tea TEA ter TER ter- tra TRA

49 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bear Bear dear Dear fear Fear gear Gear hear jear Kear lear Lear mear near Near pear rear sear Sear taar T-bar tead teak teal Teal TEAl TEAL team Team Tean teas TEAs teat Teat teer tehr terr Terr. tetr- thar Thar tiar tsar tzar wear Wear -wear year

12 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ear EAR 'ear tar Tar TAR tea Tea TEA ter TER ter-

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

telar Tesar

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