(in the singular) The world, a place where difficulties and the sorrows of life are felt, especially (Christianity) as a place to be left behind when one dies and goes to heaven.

(transitive) To run quickly along somewhere. / (transitive) To break something into two pieces by separating at a line of perforations.

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

(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.

(metallurgy) A fracture in a metal casting that occurs during solidification as a result of hindered contraction.

Alternative form of tearjerker

A page torn from a periodical.

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

plural of crocodile tear

Alternative form of tear-off.