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RENDING
rending, ripping, splitting
(adjective) resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; “the tree split with a great ripping sound”; “heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
rending
present participle of rend
Noun
rending (plural rendings)
The act by which something is rent, or torn.
Anagrams
• derning, grinned
Source: Wiktionary
REND
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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