• Tears
  Tears
  Tears are secretions that clean and lubricate the eyes. Lacrimation or lachrymation is the production or shedding of tears....
  
  , a type of eye secretion
• Tearing
  Tearing
  Tearing is the act of breaking apart a material by force, without the aid of a cutting tool. A tear in a piece of paper, fabric, or some other similar object may be the result of the intentional effort with one's bare hands, or be accidental...
  
  , the ripping apart of something by force
• Robert Tear
  Robert Tear
  Robert Tear, CBE was a Welsh tenor and conductor.Tear was born in Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, UK, the son of Thomas and Edith Tear. He attended Barry Boys' Grammar School and during this period sang in the chorus of the first Welsh National Opera's production of 'Cavalleria Rusticana' in April 1946...
  
  , a Welsh singer

Elements in fiction

• Tear, a character Tear Grants in video game Tales of the Abyss
• Tear (Wheel of Time)
  Tear (Wheel of Time)
  In the fictional world of Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, Tear is one of the richest nations in the land. This comes in part from controlling the greatest port on the Sea of Storms, at the mouth of the River Erinin. A great deal of Tear's wealth comes from the oil produced on the...
  
  , a nation in a series of novels

Titles of creative works

• Tears (film)
  Tears (film)
  Tears is a 2000 South Korean film directed by Im Sang-soo. It tells the story of 4 runaway teens in the Garibong-dong district of Seoul and their struggles to survive the tough streets....
  
  
• Tears (Joseph Williams album)
  Tears (Joseph Williams album)
  Tears is part of a two album concept recorded by Joseph Williams, former lead singer of Toto, that contains 12 cover songs focused on the heartaches and ups and downs of relationships. Smiles is the other half of the album concept which contains more upbeat, joyful renditions of classic hit songs...
  
  
• Tears (The Crüxshadows album)
• "Tears", a poem by Walt Whitman
  Walt Whitman
  Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
  
  

Songs

• "Tears", a song by The Stone Roses
  The Stone Roses
  The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
  
   on their 1994 album Second Coming
  Second Coming (album)
  Second Coming is the second studio album by The Stone Roses, released through Geffen Records on 5 December 1994 in the UK and in early 1995 in the US. It was recorded at Forge Studios in Oswestry, Shropshire and Rockfield Studios near Monmouth in Wales between 1992 and 1994...
  
  
• "Tears" (Ken Dodd song)
  Tears (Ken Dodd song)
  "Tears" is a song written by lyricist Frank Capano and composer Billy Uhr, and was first recorded by Rudy Vallee in 1929. It was made famous as a single by Ken Dodd, which was released in 1965...
  
  , a UK number 1 in 1965
• "Tears" (Rush song), 1976
• "Tears" (X Japan song), 1993
• "Tears" (Fayray song), 2000
• "Tear", 1998 song by Smashing Pumpkins on their album Adore
• "Tear", 2002 song by Red Hot Chili Peppers on By the Way
  By the Way
  By the Way is the eighth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. The album was released on July 9, 2002 on Warner Bros. Records. It sold over 286,000 copies in the first week, and peaked at number two on the Billboard 200. The singles from the album included "By the Way", "The...
  
  
• "Tears", a jazz song performed by guitarist Django Reinhardt
  Django Reinhardt
  Django Reinhardt was a pioneering virtuoso jazz guitarist and composer who invented an entirely new style of jazz guitar technique that has since become a living musical tradition within French gypsy culture...
  
  

See also

• Screen tearing, a visual display artifact
• Tare (disambiguation)
• Tearfund
  Tearfund
  Tearfund is a UK Christian relief and development agency which works in over 50 countries. It is a founding member of both the Micah Network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.-History:...
  
  , a British charity