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verb (used with object)

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

to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem 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.

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

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verb (used without object)

to split or tear something.

to become torn or split.

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

Related forms

rend·i·ble, adjective

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

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Example Sentences

He bullied me with words, taught me to fight with them, taught me how they rend and destroy.

College administrators rend their garments and wail about student retention.

Le terrain varié fournit un excellent refuge pour les trafiquants de drogue et rend difficile le voyage de village à village.

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World English Dictionary

rend (rɛnd)

—vb , rends, rending, rent
1.	to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip
2.	(tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief
3.	(tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone
4.	(tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)

[Old English rendan; related to Old Frisian renda]

'rendible

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

rend

O.E. rendon "to tear, cut," from W.Gmc. *randijanan (cf. O.Fris. renda "to cut, break," M.L.G. rende "anything broken"), related to rind. Not found in other Gmc. languages.

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