rend
pronunciation
How to pronounce rend in British English: UK [rend]
How to pronounce rend in American English: US [rend]
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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
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 .