'Rend' definitions:
Definition of 'rend'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Rend'
From: GCIDE
- Rend \Rend\, v. i. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rend'
From: GCIDE
- Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (r[e^]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[ae]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. [1913 Webster]
- The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. [1913 Webster]
- An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi. 11. [1913 Webster]
- To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abrade,
- afflict,
- amputate,
- atomize,
- ax,
- badger,
- bark,
- bisect,
- blackmail,
- blemish,
- bloody,
- break,
- break to pieces,
- burn,
- butcher,
- carve,
- chafe,
- check,
- chip,
- chop,
- claim,
- claw,
- cleave,
- crack,
- craze,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut in two,
- cut off,
- demand,
- demolish,
- dichotomize,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- dissever,
- distress,
- divide,
- exact,
- excise,
- extort,
- fissure,
- force from,
- fracture,
- fragment,
- fray,
- frazzle,
- fret,
- gall,
- gash,
- hack,
- halve,
- hew,
- hurt,
- incise,
- injure,
- jigsaw,
- lacerate,
- lance,
- levy blackmail,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mangle,
- maul,
- mutilate,
- pain,
- pare,
- pick to pieces,
- pierce,
- prune,
- pry loose from,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulverize,
- puncture,
- reduce to rubble,
- rend from,
- rip,
- rip from,
- rive,
- run,
- rupture,
- savage,
- saw,
- scald,
- scissor,
- scorch,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- screw,
- scuff,
- separate,
- sever,
- shake down,
- shatter,
- shred,
- skin,
- slash,
- slice,
- slit,
- smash,
- smite,
- snatch from,
- snip,
- split,
- sprain,
- squeeze,
- stab,
- stick,
- strain,
- sunder,
- take apart,
- tear,
- tear apart,
- tear from,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- torment,
- total,
- traumatize,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- whittle,
- wound,
- wrack up,
- wreck,
- wrench,
- wrench from,
- wrest,
- wring,
- wring from