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TEARS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tears mean?
• TEARS (noun)
The noun TEARS has 1 sense:
1. the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
Familiarity information: TEARS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
she was in tears
Hypernyms ("tears" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tears"):
snivel; sniveling (whining in a tearful manner)
Context examples
Not even Fanny had tears for aunt Norris, not even when she was gone for ever.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
More than once I have surprised her in tears.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The woman has true sorrow for them, and often, because of them, the tears are in her eyes.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The old knight said no word, but he put a hand on either shoulder, and kissed his squire, with the tears shining in his eyes.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Thorpe, with tears of joy, embraced her daughter, her son, her visitor, and could have embraced half the inhabitants of Bath with satisfaction.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Tears came into the other's eyes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Ye weep, unhappy ones, but these are not your last tears!
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
"Yes," answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The sit of the collar brought tears into my eyes, sir, when first I saw it; and as to the waist—
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Tears were in Maud’s eyes, and I do believe they were for me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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