Kind of gas (4 letters)

{ Answer }

TEAR

{ Related Clues }

Bender
Binge
Fly
Lacerate
Laceration
Lachryma
Rend
Rip
Shred
Spree
Briny droplet
Eye drop
Floor it
Hightail it
It's shed
Sail problem
Saline drop
Shed item
Sign of sorrow
Spacesuit worry
Sympathy evoker
Tendon trouble
This is shed
Go like lightning
Go like mad
Rip or rip along
Tiny bit of crying

{ Tags }

binge, drop, droplet, eye, gas, go, it, kind, lachryma, like, rend, rip, saline, salty, shed, sheet, shred, sign, sorrow, spree, tear

{ Notes }

The answer TEAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TEAR as a noun:

1. (tear, teardrop) = a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"

2. (rip, rent, snag, split, tear) = an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

3. (bust, tear, binge, bout) = an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

4. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"

TEAR as a verb:

1. (tear, rupture, snap, bust) = separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

2. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"

3. (tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck) = move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

4. (pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume) = strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"

5. fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"