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tears

UK/tɪəz//tɪɹz/

tears noun: viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting. Also the plural of tear.

Noun

tears

  1. Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.

Also used as

tears is also the plural of tear.

tears is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of tear.

tears is also the ellipsis of in tears.

tears meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

tears in Hindi

आँसू

tears in Tamil

கண்ணீர்

tears in Marathi

अश्रू

tears in Urdu

آنسو, آنسوں
More languagesFewer languages
tears in Bengali
অশ্রু
tears in Telugu
కన్నీళ్లు, కన్నీళ్ళు
tears in Malayalam
കണ്ണുനീർ, കണ്ണീർ
tears in Kannada
ಕಣ್ಣೀರು
tears in Punjabi
ਹੰਝੂ
tears in Gujarati
આંસુ, આંસુઓ
tears in Odia
ଲୁହ
tears in Nepali
आँसुहरू, आँसु, आँसुमा

Phrases with tears

66 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with tears

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about tears

What does tears mean?
Tears means viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
What is tears in Hindi?
Tears in Hindi is आँसू. See Tears meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tears?
Tears is a noun.
How do you pronounce tears?
Tears is pronounced /tɪɹz/ (US).

Words near tears in the dictionary

  1. tearout dubstep
  2. tearouts
  3. tearpit
  4. tearpits
  5. tearproof
  6. tears
  7. tears a cat
  8. tears along
  9. tears apart
  10. tears ass
  11. tears at

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tears (page history and authors); tears (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tears (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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