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



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