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tear

(v): separate or cause to separate abruptly

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(v): force, take, or pull apart

(v): to separate or be separated by force

(v): force, take, or pull apart

(v): move quickly and violently

(v): move fast

(v): strip of feathers

(v): remove the surface from

(v): fill with tears or shed tears

(v): shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain

(n): a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

(n): a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid)

(n): an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

(n): an open or empty space in or between things

(n): an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

(n): unrestrained merrymaking

(n): the act of tearing

(n): the act of dividing or disconnecting

verb, noun

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about 1 year ago seanahan said:

Do you include words like dove and lead? Another good one is trunk.

about 1 year ago juv3nal said:

tear as in crying or tear as in ripping.
bow, cleave, polish (if you all-caps it)...any other homographs like this?

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