(intransitive) To start shedding tears.

Coix lacryma-jobi, a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae, native to southeast Asia.

(idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness) / (UK, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits.

Alternative form of tearjerker

To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.

Any lachrymatory, non-lethal chemical compound that causes the eyes to sting and water and/or irritates the respiratory system, mostly used for controlling crowds during riots or as self-defense.

Damage or depreciation resulting from ordinary use (normally as something excluded from a guarantee or warranty of quality, or as justifying a write-down in a set of accounts).

(oenology) A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect.

To use tear gas.

(transitive, often reflexive) To remove (oneself or another person) reluctantly; often expressed in the negative. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, away.