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Nouns (14)

tear

n. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

bolt, dash

n. the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"

water, lachrymal secretion, lacrimal secretion

n. saline fluid secreted by lacrimal glands; lubricates the surface of the eyeball

split, rent, rip

n. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

bender, bust, binge, toot, booze-up

n. an occasion for heavy drinking

Verbs (18)

fill with tears

v. fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"

split, cleave, rive

v. part

snap, rupture, bust

v. separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

shoot, charge, buck, shoot down

v. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

pull, pluck, deplume, deplumate, displume, strip of hair, strip of feathers

v. strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (135)

drop, bead, pearl

n. a shape that is spherical and small; "he studied the shapes of low-viscosity drops"; "beads of sweat on his forehead"

dribble, drip, trickle

n. flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid; "there's a drip through the roof"

droplet

n. a tiny drop

globule

n. a small globe or ball

rift

n. a narrow fissure in rock

chink

n. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

splurge

n. an ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.)

detach

v. cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it"

come off, detach, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

pull, rip, rive, rend

v. tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

section, segment

v. divide into segments; "segment an orange"; "segment a compound word"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

pass, crack, break through

v. as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

share, apportion, portion out, divvy up

v. give out as one's portion or share

stick, bond, bind, stick to, adhere, hold fast

v. stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

stick, cling, adhere, cohere

v. come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"

hold, keep, maintain

v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"

support, support financially, see through

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

support, hold, sustain, hold up

v. be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?"

clasp, brooch

v. fasten with or as if with a brooch

fracture, crack

v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

cleave, make by cutting into

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

burst, explode, burst outward

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

crash, break up, break apart

v. break violently or noisily; smash;

burst, bust, shatter

v. "The wine glass shattered"

alien, estrange, alienate, disaffect

v. arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her friends when she became fanatically religious"

dissociate

v. regard as unconnected; "you must dissociate these two events!"; "decouple our foreign policy from ideology"

open, open up, become open

v. become open; "The door opened"

break

v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

punch, perforate

v. make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation; "perforate the sheets of paper"

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

pass, crack, break through

v. as through a barrier; "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county"

claw

v. scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails

burst

v. move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He burst out of the house into the cool night"

make a hole into, pierce

v. make a hole into; "The needle pierced her flesh"

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

fly, wing, be airborne

v. travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

fly

v. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"

fly, flee, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

hurtle

v. move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"

flit, flutter, dart, fleet

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

smash, dash, break into pieces

v. break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"

dive, swim under water

v. swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

charge, commit, send, institutionalize

v. cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

jump, leap, spring, bound

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

forge, spurt, spirt

v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

bolt

v. move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"

take, remove, take away

v. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

jerk, yank

v. pull, or move with a sudden movement; "He turned the handle and jerked the door open"

grab, snaffle, seize quickly, snap up

v. get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"

Synonyms (12)

pan, trash, tear apart

v. express a totally negative opinion of; "The critics panned the performance"

level, dismantle, take down, pull down, raze, rase, tear down

v. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

rise dramatically, shoot up

v. rise dramatically; "Prices shot up overnight"

Antonyms (0)

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