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rend — [ rend ] (past tense and past participle rent [ rent ] ) verb transitive LITERARY 1. ) to tear something into pieces 2. ) to make someone feel great emotion: Her screams would rend the heart of any man. rend the air if a loud shout or sound rends … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rend — ► VERB (past and past part. rent) literary 1) tear to pieces. 2) cause great emotional pain to. ● rend the air Cf. ↑rend the air ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
rend — [rend] v past tense and past participle rent [rent] [T] literary [: Old English; Origin: rendan] to tear or break something violently into pieces … Dictionary of contemporary English
rend — Synonyms and related words: abrade, afflict, amputate, atomize, ax, badger, bark, bisect, blackmail, blemish, bloody, break, break to pieces, burn, butcher, carve, chafe, check, chip, chop, claim, claw, cleave, crack, craze, cut, cut away, cut in … Moby Thesaurus
rend — UK [rend] / US verb [transitive] Word forms rend : present tense I/you/we/they rend he/she/it rends present participle rending past tense rent UK [rent] / US past participle rent literary 1) to tear something into pieces 2) to make someone feel… … English dictionary
rend — verb (past and past participle rent) literary 1》 tear to pieces. ↘archaic wrench violently. 2》 cause great distress to. Phrases rend the air sound piercingly. rend one s garments (or hair) tear one s clothes (or pull one s hair out) as a sign … English new terms dictionary
rend — v. (past and past part. rent) archaic or rhet. 1 tr. (foll. by off, from, away, etc.; also absol.) tear or wrench forcibly. 2 tr. & intr. split or divide in pieces or into factions (a country rent by civil war). 3 tr. cause emotional pain to (the … Useful english dictionary
rend — rendible, adj. /rend/, v., rent, rending. v.t. 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem that is rending the nation. 3. to pull or tear violently… … Universalium
rend — [c]/rɛnd / (say rend) verb (rent, rending) –verb (t) 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: rent to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide. 3. to pull or tear (away, off, up, etc.) violently. 4. to tear (one s garments or hair) in… …
rend — v 1. rip up, tear to bits or pieces, shred, splinter, reave, break up, chop up, mangle; smash, smash to smithereens, break into a million pieces, shatter. 2. sever, sunder, split, slice, separate, part, divide, dissect, cleave, rive; disunite,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rend — verb (rent; also rended; rending) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rendan; akin to Old Frisian renda to tear and perhaps to Sanskrit randhra hole Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to remove from place by violence ; wrest 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
