a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"