rend

pronunciation

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  • Verb:
    tear or be torn violently

Word Origin

rend
rend: see rent
rend (v.)
Old English rendan, hrendan "to tear, cut down," from West Germanic *randijan (cognates: Old Frisian renda "to cut, break," Middle Low German rende "anything broken," German Rinde "bark, crust"), probably related to rind. Related: Rended; rent; rending.

Antonym

vt. & vi.

mend

Example

1. Rend your heart and not your garments .
2. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs , neither cast your pearls before swine , lest they trample them under their feet , and turn again and rend you .
3. I would have wanted to rend my soul .
4. Wolves will rend a lamb to pieces .
5. Rend : damage has been adjusted to be less base and more weapon based .

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