Usually means: Cry, releasing tears from eyes.
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  1. shed tears: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shed tears: Merriam-Webster
  3. shed tears, shed tears: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shed tears: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shed tears)

▸ verb:  To emit tears from the eye, especially as an expression of emotion; to cry; to weep.

Similar:
shed a tear, utter, tear, tear up, beweep, wring, betear, fill up, reduce someone to tears, tear out, more...

Opposite:
laugh, smile, grin, beam, cheer

Phrases:
You can shed tears that she is gone, shed a few tears, more...

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Similar:
shed a tear, utter, tear, tear up, beweep, wring, betear, fill up, reduce someone to tears, tear out, more...

Opposite:
laugh, smile, grin, beam, cheer

Phrases:
You can shed tears that she is gone, shed a few tears, more...



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