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luha [lú.hâ.] : tear (n.)

Derivatives of luha
Notes:
lit. turtle tears


Glosses:
tear
n. (body)1. tear, teardropa drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands.; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
~ lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretionsaline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball.
~ drib, driblet, dropa small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid).; "he had a drop too much to drink"; "a drop of each sample was analyzed"; "there is not a drop of pity in that man"; "years afterward, they would pay the blood-money, driblet by driblet"
~ h2o, waterbinary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent.
n. (object)2. rent, rip, snag, split, tearan opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
~ opening, gapan open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
n. (act)3. binge, bout, bust, tearan occasion for excessive eating or drinking.; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
~ revel, revelryunrestrained merrymaking.
~ piss-upvulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking.
n. (act)4. tearthe act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
~ separationthe act of dividing or disconnecting.
~ lacerationthe act of lacerating.
~ rent, rip, splitthe act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"
v. (contact)5. bust, rupture, snap, tearseparate or cause to separate abruptly.; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
~ disunite, separate, part, divideforce, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
~ laceratecut or tear irregularly.
~ rend, rip, rive, pulltear or be torn violently.; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"
~ rip up, shred, tear uptear into shreds.
v. (contact)6. tearto separate or be separated by force.; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
~ cleave, rive, splitseparate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.; "cleave the bone"
~ disunite, separate, part, divideforce, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
v. (motion)7. buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tearmove quickly and violently.; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
~ belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it, hastenmove fast.; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests"; "The cars raced down the street"
~ dash, scoot, scud, dart, flash, shootrun or move very quickly or hastily.; "She dashed into the yard"
~ ripmove precipitously or violently.; "The tornado ripped along the coast"
v. (contact)8. deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull, tearstrip of feathers.; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
~ stripremove the surface from.; "strip wood"
v. (body)9. tearfill with tears or shed tears.; "Her eyes were tearing"
~ weep, cryshed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain.; "She cried bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get up the stairs"