Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
RENDS
Verb
rends
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rend
Anagrams
• NERDS, derns, nerds
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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