Sekirov Dictionary

rend

/ɹɛnd/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 7
phrases 2

verb4

•
To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
- Powder rends a rock in blasting.
- Lightning rends an oak.
•
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
- Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
•
(figurative) To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
- We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air. — 1970
•
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake. — 1611

noun1

•
A violent separation of parts.
- She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable. — 2002

forms

rended · rent · yrent · rending · rendeth · rends · rendest

Phrases with rend

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