rend

rend  (rnd)

v. rent (rnt) or rend·ed, rend·ing, rends

v.tr.

1. To tear or split apart or into pieces violently. See Synonyms at tear¹.

2. To tear (one's garments or hair) in anguish or rage.

3. To tear away forcibly; wrest.

4. To pull, split, or divide as if by tearing: "Chip was rent between the impulse to laugh wildly and a bitterness that threatened hot tears" (Louis Auchincloss).

5. To pierce or disturb with sound: a scream rent the silence.

6. To cause pain or distress to: tales that rend the heart.

v.intr.

To become torn or split; come apart.

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[Middle English renden, from Old English rendan.]

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rend

Verb

[rending, rent] Literary

1. to tear violently

2. (of a sound) to break (the silence) with a shrill or piercing tone [Old English rendan]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

rend - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" rip, rive, pull rupture, tear, snap, bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

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rend

verb (Literary) tear, break, split, rip, pull, separate, divide, crack, burst, smash, disturb, shatter, pierce, fracture, sever, wrench, splinter, rupture, cleave, lacerate, rive, tear to pieces, sunder (literary) dissever

Translations

rend [rent , pt , pp ] [rɛnd, rɛnt] vt → déchirer

rend [rɛnd] [rent , pt, pp ] vt (air, silence) → zerreißen

rend [pt rent, pp ] [rɛnd, rɛnt] vt → lacerare