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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rend /rɛnd/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], rent/rɛnt/USA pronunciation rend•ing. - to separate into parts with great force or suddenness;
tear or rip apart:As a sign of his grief and rage the high priest rent his garments. - to disturb (the air) sharply with noise:Her sharp screams rent the air.
- to distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
rend•er, n. [countable]-rend-, root. - -rend- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "give.'' This meaning is found in such words as: render, rendition, surrender.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rend (rend),USA pronunciation v., rent, rend•ing. v.t. - 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 fol. by away, off, up, etc.).
- to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.
- to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.
- to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
v.i. - to split or tear something.
- to become torn or split.
- bef. 950; Middle English renden, Old English rendan; cognate with Old Frisian renda
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rive, sunder, sever, cleave, chop, fracture, rupture. See tear2.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rend /rɛnd/ vb (rends, rending, rent)- to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip
- (transitive) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief
- (transitive) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone
Etymology: Old English rendan; related to Old Frisian rendaˈrendible adj |