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Definitions for Rend

[1] to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces.
[2] to tear apart, split, or divide: racial tension that is rending the nation.
[3] to pull or tear violently (often followed by away, off, up, etc.).
[4] to tear (one's garments or hair) in grief, rage, etc.
[5] to disturb (the air) sharply with loud noise.
[6] to harrow or distress (the heart) with painful feelings.
[7] to split or tear something.
[8] to become torn or split.
[9] to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip
[10] (tr) to tear or pull (one's clothes, etc), esp as a manifestation of rage or grief
[11] (tr) (of a noise or cry) to disturb (the air, silence, etc) with a shrill or piercing tone
[12] (tr) to pain or distress (the heart, conscience, etc)

Words related to Rend

rive, divide, rip, break, slit, split, sever, sunder, wrest, cut, disintegrate, pierce, fracture, crack, disrupt, separate, lacerate, shatter, disturb, rupture

Words nearby Rend

renata, renature, renault, rencontre, rencounter, rend, rendell, render, render unto caesar the things which are caesar's, render unto caesar the things which are caesar's, and unto god the things that are god's, rendering

Origin of Rend

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

Other words from Rend

rend·i·ble , adjective

Word origin for Rend

Old English rendan ; related to Old Frisian renda

Synonyms for Rend

rive, break, divide, rip, sever, slit, split, sunder