rend

[ rend ]

/ rɛnd /

verb (used with object), rent, rend·ing.

to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.

to tear apart, split, or divide: racial tension that is rending the nation.

to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.).

to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.

to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.

to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.

verb (used without object), rent, rend·ing.

to split or tear something.

to become torn or split.

Words nearby rend

renata, renature, renault, rencontre, rencounter, rend, rendell, render, render unto caesar the things which are caesar's, render unto caesar the things which are caesar's, and unto god the things that are god's, rendering

Origin of rend

before 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda

SYNONYMS FOR rend

2 rive, sunder, sever, cleave, chop, fracture, rupture. See tear².

OTHER WORDS FROM rend

rend·i·ble, adjective

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Examples from the Web for rended

He turned on himself and rended his soul into shreds rather than join in the affirmations of recognised faith.
Egoists|James Huneker
None but a fiendish slaveholder could have rended an honest Christian heart in such a manner as this.
The Story of Mattie J. Jackson|L. S. Thompson
And then the timber crashed against the flimsy door; the rended boards flew across the room; the sod walls trembled to the shock.
When the West Was Young|Frederick R. Bechdolt
No lightning flash ever rended forest king from crest to root quicker than the transformation which now overspread the earth.
Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches.|W. H. Rhodes

But the slave had his moments alone, when the agony tore at his breast and rended him.
The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories|Paul Laurence Dunbar

British Dictionary definitions for rended

rend

/ (rɛnd) /

verb rends, rending or rent

to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip

(tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief

(tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone

(tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)

Derived forms of rend

rendible, adjective

Word Origin for rend

Old English rendan; related to Old Frisian renda

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rend

verb (used with object), rent, rend·ing.

verb (used without object), rent, rend·ing.

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Origin of rend

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British Dictionary definitions for rended

verb rends, rending or rent

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