Rend
11rend — O.E. rendon to tear, cut, from W.Gmc. *randijanan (Cf. O.Fris. renda to cut, break, M.L.G. rende anything broken ), related to rind. Not found in other Gmc. languages …
12rend — v. tear, rip, lacerate …
13rend — vb split, cleave, rive, rip, *tear Analogous words: *separate, divide, sever, sunder …
14rend — v. (D; tr.) ( to tear ) to rend into (to rend one s clothes into shreds) * * * [rend] (D; tr.) ( to tear ) to rend into (to rend one s clothes into shreds) …
15rend — UK [rend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms rend : present tense I/you/we/they rend he/she/it rends present participle rending past tense rent UK [rent] / US past participle rent literary 1) to tear something into pieces 2) to make someone feel… …
16rend — heart·rend·ing·ly; he·rend; rend; rend·ible; …
17rend — [[t]re̱nd[/t]] rends, rending, rent 1) VERB To rend something means to tear it. [LITERARY] [V n] ...pain that rends the heart. ...a twisted urge to rend and tear. 2) VERB If a loud sound rends the air, it is sudden and violent. [LITERARY] [V n]… …
18rend — verb (past and past participle rent) literary 1》 tear to pieces. ↘archaic wrench violently. 2》 cause great distress to. Phrases rend the air sound piercingly. rend one s garments (or hair) tear one s clothes (or pull one s hair out) as a sign …
19rend — v. (past and past part. rent) archaic or rhet. 1 tr. (foll. by off, from, away, etc.; also absol.) tear or wrench forcibly. 2 tr. & intr. split or divide in pieces or into factions (a country rent by civil war). 3 tr. cause emotional pain to (the …
20rend — rendible, adj. /rend/, v., rent, rending. v.t. 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem that is rending the nation. 3. to pull or tear violently… …
