To move violently; to agitate.

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

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.

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

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

That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

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.

i. gözyaşı. The tears ran down my cheeks. (Gözyaşları yanaklarımdan aktı.)

Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter;
also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or
resins.

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