Verb
(idiomatic) To have a tear released, to cry (from sadness)
(UK, slang, obsolete) To take a dram, or glass of spirits.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgLife is change, to cease to change is to cease to live; yet if you may shed a tear beside the death-bed of an old friend, let not your heart be silent on the dissolving of a faith. James Anthony Froude
Maybe death is the great equalizer, the one big thing that can finally make strangers shed a tear for one another. Morrie Schwartz
[...] Life is tragic and history won't shed a tear for us if we make poor collective decisions, or adopt beliefs that are inconsistent with reality. James Howard Kunstler
If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either. Johanna Lindsey
Peace in the struggle to find peace.. comfort on the way to comfort. And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I won't fear love. And if I feel a rage I won't deny it...I won't fear love. Sarah McLachlan