REND
rend, rip, rive, pull
(verb) tear or be torn violently; “The curtain ripped from top to bottom”; “pull the cooked chicken into strips”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
rend (third-person singular simple present rends, present participle rending, simple past and past participle rended or rent)
(transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
(transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
(intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
Noun
rend (plural rends)
A violent separation of parts.
Anagrams
• NERD, dern, nerd
Source: Wiktionary
Rend (rnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.]
Etym: [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries.renne to
cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r
to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor.
ranna.]
1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear
asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting;
lightning rends an oak.
The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.
2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
An empire from its old foundations rent. Dryden.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Kings xi. 11.
To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
Syn.
– To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.
Rend, v. i.
Definition: To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split.
Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition