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Rend

Rend Meaning & Definition
Rend Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rend?

[v] tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rend: pull | rip | rive

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See Also | bust | rupture | snap | tear

Rend In Webster's Dictionary

\Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r?nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r?na 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. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. --Jer. Taylor.

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