rend

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US /rɛnd/ UK /rɛnd/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lend /l/ vs /r/

Meanings

1

verb
to tear or split something apart forcefully

A scream seemed to rend the silence of the night.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to tear or split something... tear rip split sunder cleave rupture

Opposites

join mend unite

Word family

Forms rendingrends

Derived forms rending

Related forms rent

Etymology

From Old English rendan ('to tear, cut down'), of West Germanic origin, related to Old Frisian renda ('to cut, break').

rendan Old English *randijaną Proto-Germanic

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Topics

Actions & Processes

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