1. anything shaped like a falling drop (as a pendant gem on an earring) • Hypernyms: drop, bead, pearl 2. a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands - his story brought tears to her eyes • Syn: tear • Derivationally related forms: tear (for: tear) • Hypernyms: drop, drib, driblet • Part Holonyms: lacrimal secretion, lachrymal secretion • Substance Meronyms: water, H2O
