tear
/tɪəɹ/ nom A2En français : larme
- A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. · Big tears streamed from Lisa's eyes, rolling down her cheeks.· Ryan wiped the tear from the paper he was crying on.
- Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
- A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
- That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
Pluriel tears
Verbes à particule et expressions
- tear along To run quickly along somewhere.
- tear apart Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, ...
- tear away To remove (oneself or another person), overcoming that pe...
- tear down To demolish.
- tear into To subject to a heavy attack, physical or figurative.
- tear off arracher, s'arracher
- tear out To remove by tearing.
- tear up To tear into pieces.
- tear up To start shedding tears.
Dans la bibliothèque
“They are monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers,” replied the Lion, “and with claws so long and sharp that they could tear me in two as easily as I could kill Toto.
“We are lost, for they will surely tear us to pieces with their sharp claws.
The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations.
“Go to those people,” said the Witch, “and tear them to pieces.”
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