A hole or break caused by tearing.
"A single tear rolled down her cheek as she heard the sad news."
A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
In plain English: A tear is a drop of liquid that comes from your eye when you are crying, hurt, or very emotional.
"A sudden tear in her stocking made her feel self-conscious while she was dancing."
Usage: Use "tear" as a noun when referring to an involuntary drop of fluid shed during sadness or physical irritation, rather than for intentional actions like ripping fabric. Distinguish it carefully from similar words that describe the act itself or other types of liquid discharge depending on your intended meaning.
move quickly and violently
"The car tore down the street"
"He came charging into my office"
To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
"The sad news made her tear up as she read the letter."
To produce tears.
In plain English: To tear something means to pull it apart so that it rips into pieces.
"She had to tear up her old photographs before they were damaged by water."
The word "tear" comes from the Old English verb teran, meaning to lacerate or rip apart. Its roots trace back through Proto-Germanic and Proto-Indo-European languages to an original sense of tearing things apart.