'Rending' definitions:

Definition of 'rending'

From: WordNet
adjective
Resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping, splitting]

Definition of 'Rending'

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]

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