See Also: bask(1)(dictionary)
bask(2)(dictionary)
bask(dictionary)
tear gas(dictionary)
tear(1)(dictionary)
tear(2)(dictionary)
tear sac(medicine)
tear(3)(dictionary)
tear gas(medicine)
tear(4)(dictionary)

bask(1) (iou) and tear(1) (iou)


bask(1) (iou)



bask adjective. [bɑ:sk] dial. ME.
[Old Norse beisk.]
Bitter, acrid.

tear(1) (iou)



tear noun1.

a. A drop of the clear watery fluid appearing in or flowing from the eye, as a result of emotion, physical irritation, pain, etc. Usu. in pl. OE.
b. A tear as an expression of grief or sorrow. Usu. in pl. ME.
Milton He must not flote upon his watry bear..With-out the meed of som melodious tear.
transf. & fig. A drop of liquid, esp. one welling up or falling spontaneously. Usu. in pl. OE.
S. Bellow He punched at the door..and waited, staring at its..trickles and tears of enamel.
spec. Any of various gums oozing from plants in tear-shaped or globular beads, which then become solid or resinous. Now usu. in pl. OE.
Daily News Tears of frankincense, the gum resin produced by an Indian tree.
Anything resembling a tear in shape, esp. a decorative air cavity in glassware (cf. tear-drop (b) below). M19.
D. Livingstone It occurs generally in tears or rounded lumps.
Phrases: CROCODILE tears. in tears crying, shedding tears. Job's tears: see JOB noun3 1. Pele's tears: see PELE noun1 2. St Lawrence's tears colloq. the Perseids (so called because they appear about St Lawrence's day, 10 August). vale of tears: see VALE noun1 2. valley of tears: see VALLEY noun. water with one's tears: see WATER verb. without tears (esp. of a method of learning) without difficulty; easily mastered.
Comb.: tear bomb a bomb containing tear-gas; tear bottle a bottle containing tears; spec. = LACHRYMATORY noun 1; tear-drop (a) a single tear; = sense 1 above; (b) a thing resembling a tear-drop in shape, esp. a decorative air cavity in glassware, a jewel, etc.; tear-gas noun & verb (a) noun a gas causing tears when inhaled, used in warfare or riot control to disable opponents or make crowds disperse; (b) verb trans. attack with tear-gas, drive out of a place with tear-gas; tear-gland a gland that secretes tears; tear-jerk verb intrans. evoke sadness or sympathy (freq. as tear-jerking verbal noun & ppl adjective); tear-jerker colloq. a sentimental Film, song, story, etc., calculated to evoke sadness or sympathy; tear-smoke = tear-gas (a) above.
tearlet noun a little or tiny tear M19.
tearlike adjective resembling (that of) a tear M16.