belly vs tear

belly

verb
  • To cause to swell out; to fill. 

  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow. 

  • To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly. 

noun
  • The stomach. 

  • The main curved portion of a knife blade. 

  • The abdomen, especially a fat one. 

  • The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part). 

  • The womb. 

  • The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. 

  • The lower fuselage of an airplane. 

tear

verb
  • To injure as if by pulling apart. 

  • To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional. 

  • To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence. 

  • To produce tears. 

  • To make (an opening) with force or energy. 

  • To become torn, especially accidentally. 

  • To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate. 

  • To remove by tearing. 

  • To smash or enter something with great force. 

  • To demolish 

noun
  • A rampage. 

  • A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass. 

  • A hole or break caused by tearing. 

  • A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. 

  • Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins. 

  • That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge. 

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