Category:Rend

Rend (rnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (rnt); p. pr. & vb. n. Rending.] Etym: [as. rendan, hrendan; cf. Ofries. renda, randa, fries.renne to Cut, rend, icel. hrinda to push, thrust, as. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r 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 Rend, v. i.

Defn: to be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split. Jer. Taylor.