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What is the noun for tearing?

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tear
  1. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
  2. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
  3. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
  4. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. rip, rent, hole, split, run, tatter, break, snag, crack, ladder, rupture, breach, fissure, opening, rift, fracture, gap, slit, cleft, aperture, orifice, chink, cut, gash, crevice, cranny, interstice, discontinuity, space, slash, vent, perforation, puncture, void, chasm, outlet, hiatus, separation, interval, gulf, damage, slot, cracking, blowout, leak, window, burst, incision, passage, foramen … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Her swollen forearm told its own story, as did the tear in her jeans and the bruise he could see forming on her shin.”
      “The knife skims across my shirt, slicing a tear through it.”
      “A tear rolled down her cheek.”
tore
  1. (architecture) Alternative form of torus
  2. (geometry) The surface described by the circumference of a circle revolving about a straight line in its own plane.
  3. The solid enclosed by such a surface; an anchor ring.
tearing
  1. The act by which something is torn; a laceration.
  2. (computer graphics) Distortion of an animated display when the contents of the framebuffer are rendered while it contains portions of two or more frames.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. laceration, butchery, cut, gash, injury, slash, tear, wound, wounding, cleaving, cutting, incision, mauling, mutilation, slashing, splitting, stabbing, tearing apart, separation, split, rupture, cracking, ripping, rip, crack, fissure, break, slit, damage, chink, cranny, rent, cleft, fracture, gap, rift, crevice, breach, opening, chasm, rimation, check, hole, rime, rima, aperture … more
teardrop
  1. a single tear (clear, salty liquid secreted by the eye).
  2. The shape of a drop of liquid about to fall.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. droplet, blob, drop, bead, drip, spot, tear, dot, bubble, globule, glob, driblet, pearl, particle, dab, grain, dewdrop, speck, dribble, drib, spheroid, pea, shot, bean, trickle, ball, splash, gobbet, drizzle, pellet, bead of moisture, runnel, rivulet, mass, lump, pill, prill, leak, plop, seepage, sprinkle, stream, dash, thin stream, sprinkling, lick, smear, small stream, barm, sac … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The grieving mother wiped away a teardrop as she bid farewell to her fallen son.”
      “I took a quick shower and slipped on my outfit, accessorising with a few silver bangles and a pair of teardrop earrings.”
      “Females are drabber, with subtle iridescence on overall grayish-brown bodies, spotted flanks, and a white teardrop surrounding each eye.”
tear
  1. A hole or break caused by tearing.
  2. (slang) A rampage.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. rip, rent, hole, split, run, tatter, break, snag, crack, ladder, rupture, breach, fissure, opening, rift, fracture, gap, slit, cleft, aperture, orifice, chink, cut, gash, crevice, cranny, interstice, discontinuity, space, slash, vent, perforation, puncture, void, chasm, outlet, hiatus, separation, interval, gulf, damage, slot, cracking, blowout, leak, window, burst, incision, passage, foramen … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her swollen forearm told its own story, as did the tear in her jeans and the bruise he could see forming on her shin.”
      “The knife skims across my shirt, slicing a tear through it.”
      “A tear rolled down her cheek.”
tore
  1. The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.
tearer
  1. One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence.
tearing
  1. (medicine) continuous shedding of tears; epiphora
  2. Synonyms:
      3. laceration, butchery, cut, gash, injury, slash, tear, wound, wounding, cleaving, cutting, incision, mauling, mutilation, slashing, splitting, stabbing, tearing apart, separation, split, rupture, cracking, ripping, rip, crack, fissure, break, slit, damage, chink, cranny, rent, cleft, fracture, gap, rift, crevice, breach, opening, chasm, rimation, check, hole, rime, rima, aperture … more
tearstain
  1. Any stain produced from tears from the eye.
tearlessness
  1. Absence of tears; lack of weeping.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Detached tearlessness distances caregivers and is linked to depression and unresolved grief reactions.”
      “Through most of history, tearlessness has not been the standard of manliness.”
      “There are other species of separation and tearlessness within the academy.”
tearfulness
  1. The quality of being tearful.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sadness, dejection, depression, despondency, dolefulness, gloominess, melancholy, mournfulness, unhappiness, dolour, downheartedness, glumness, infelicity, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejectedness, desolation, disconsolateness, gloom, grief, heartache, misery, sorrow, sorrowfulness, upset, wretchedness, agony, anguish, despair, heartsickness, joylessness, malaise, moroseness, pain, poignancy, regret, woe, bleakness, discontent, discouragement, dispiritedness, dissatisfaction, forlornness, miserableness, woefulness, worry, blues, despondence, disconsolation, discontentment … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You may also experience episodes of uncontrollable tearfulness and wide mood swings.”
      “Symptoms may include feelings of sadness, tearfulness, and a sense of hopelessness.”
      “The majority of women experience some tearfulness soon after the birth of the baby and this is sometimes called baby blues.”
teare
  1. Obsolete spelling of tear
tears
  1. plural of tear
  2. viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting
  3. Synonyms:
      4. weeping, sobbing, blubbering, lamentation, wailing, crying, whimpering, blubbing, waterworks, blubber, bawling, howling, weep, snivel, sniveling, keening, bawl, mourning, sob, bewailing, snivelling, lament, shedding tears, cry, howl, sobs, sorrowing, plaint, fit of crying, wailings, bawlings, bawls, snivelings, cries, weeps, yowls, whimperings, howls, lamentations, snivels, snivellings, sorrowings, bewailings, laments, howlings, moaning, yowl, tear, wail, whimper … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Choking back the tears and nausea, a single helpless salty tear dribbles down his cheek as he curses his new-found lowliness.”
tearfulnesses
  1. plural of tearfulness
  2. Synonyms:
      3. sadnesses, dejections, depressions, despondencies, dolefulness, gloominesses, melancholies, mournfulnesses, unhappinesses, dolours, downheartedness, glumnesses, infelicities, chagrins, cheerlessness, dejectedness, desolations, disconsolateness, gloom, griefs, heartaches, miseries, sorrows, sorrowfulnesses, upsets, wretchednesses, agonies, anguishes, despairs, heartsicknesses, joylessnesses, malaises, morosenesses, pains, poignancies, regrets, woes, bleaknesses, discontents, discouragements, dispiritedness, dissatisfactions, forlornnesses, miserablenesses, woefulness, worries, blues, despondences, disconsolations, discontentments … more
tearstains
  1. plural of tearstain
teardrops
  1. plural of teardrop
  2. Synonyms:
      3. droplets, blobs, drops, beads, drips, spots, tears, dabs, globules, dots, globs, bubbles, grain, dewdrops, particles, driblets, pearl, specks, dribbles, dribs, spheroids, peas, beans, shots, balls, gobbets, pellets, pills, mass, lumps, prills, trickles, leaks, plops, splashes, air balls, balloons, suds, sacs, vesicles, barm, air sacs, air pockets, blisters, paisleys, botehs … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Looking as if she was about to explode, teardrops clung stubbornly to her eyelashes throughout, giving her a somewhat manic, glazed look.”
      “I opened them noticing that there were two teardrops on the unopened envelope.”
      “A few teardrops clung to her eyelashes and her hair had fallen into her face and stuck to her cheeks.”
tearings
  1. plural of tearing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. lacerations, butcheries, cuts, gashes, injuries, slashes, tears, wounds, woundings, cleavings, cuttings, incisions, maulings, mutilations, slashings, splittings, stabbings, separations, splits, ruptures, crackings, rippings, rips, cracks, fissures, breaks, slits, damages, crevices, clefts, fractures, crannies, chinks, rents, gaps, rifts, breaches, openings, rimae, holes, chasms, checks, rimes … more
tearers
  1. plural of tearer
  2. Examples:
      3. “Perforated unit pages would have made removal easier, but careful tearers should not have too much difficulty removing them from this paper-backed book.”
      “Customer service people should not be simply data entry technicians, and gate agents are not just ticket tearers, that is, unless they let the computers be the boss.”
teares
  1. plural of teare
  2. Examples:
      3. “And from her cleare and crystall eyes The teares gusht out apace, Which like the silver-pearled dewe Ranne downe her comely face.”
      “Ne on her teares or plaint, at all to have remorse, but to bring the mayde perforce.”
tores
  1. plural of tore
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