rend v : tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rip, rive, pull] [also: rent]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst

   Powder rends a rock in blasting.

   Lightning rends an oak.

2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
3. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

   Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

French

Pronunciation

• lang=fr|/ʁɑ̃/
• lang=fr|/RA~/

Verb form

rend

1. third person singular indicative present tense of rendre

Hungarian

Etymology

From a language, compare Croatian red.

Noun

rend

1. order

Rend may refer to:

• Rend River
• Rend Lake

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