Tear

1. n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
2. n. 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.
3. n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
4. v. t. To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home.
5. v. t. To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair.
6. v. t. To move violently; to agitate.
7. v. i. To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily.
8. v. i. To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.