tears
noun
Form of tear , plural of tear.
Simple meaning
Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
tehrzIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈtɛɹz
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
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This meaning: Viscous streaks left on the inside of the glass when certain wines are swirled around before tasting.
Used this way, tears is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Inflected forms
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Separate or cause to separate abruptly.
Compound terms
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Prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves.
Prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves.
A hypocritical display of sorrow.
Hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass.
Related words
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Shedding tears.
Any of several small ducts that carry tears from the lacrimal glands.
A gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them.
Any of the glands in the eyes that secrete tears.
Either of the two dilated ends of the lacrimal ducts at the nasal ends of the eyes that fill with tears secreted by the lacrimal glands.
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