rend Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb tear or be torn violently
rive; pull; rip.
- The curtain ripped from top to bottom
- pull the cooked chicken into strips
WordNet
Rend transitive verb
Etymology
AS.Wordforms
Definitions
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To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightningrends an oak.The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.
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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.
Syn. -- To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.
Rend intransitive verb
Definitions
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split. Jer. Taylor.