单词 | sundering |
释义 | sunderingn. 1. The action of sunder v.; separation, splitting apart, dividing. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 458 Of merke and kinde and helde & ble Sundring and sameni[n]g tagte he. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 91 Þe knot vnlousyd of drawynge frenschyp sal comforth heuynes of bodily sondyrynge. a1450 (?1419–20) Friar Daw's Reply (Digby) l. 650 in P. L. Heyworth Jack Upland (1968) 93 Heresie..in oure langage meneþ sunderyng & partyng. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 272/2 Sondring of a thyng, remotion. 1579 S. Brinkley tr. G. Loarte Exercise Christian Life ix. f. 47v Consider secondly what we suffer in this sundring of our soules and bodies. c1600 Hist. & Life James VI (1825) 77 That was the caus of thair suddan sindering. 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 99 That would partake of sundering, if it were not the least that can be. 1720 A. Smith Compl. Hist. Lives & Robberies Highway-men (ed. 5) III. 145 Terrible Vollies of Thunder threaten'd the shaking of the Heavens, and sundring of the Earth. 1863 W. Phillips Speeches vi. 121 The sundering of the Methodist and Baptist denominations. 1865 A. Geikie Scenery & Geol. Scotl. vi. 121 The profound concavity of these valleys cannot..arise from the sundering of the sides of a fissure. 1956 Manch. Guardian 29 Aug. 4/2 A total sundering of the Communist-Nennian link would put quite a new complexion on trade union politics in Italy. 2016 Times of India (Nexis) 2 July Through a fictionalised story, the serial depicted the sundering of families, of an entire nation. 2. Scottish. In plural. The point where a road divides into two parts; a fork in the road. Also figurative. ΚΠ 1836 A. Cunningham Lord Roldan I. ix. 243 Here's the sindrins of the roads. 1916 G. Abel Wylins fae my Wallet 48 Fatever sind'rins lie in front, Fatever be oor up an' doon, Lord, guide us to the Gowden Toon, Far we'll forget ilk scaud an' dunt. 2005 M. Rodger Borth'ick Waitter (SCOTS) ‘The Auld Schuil Hoose’, anenst the sindrins o the Laich an Hie roads. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sunderingadj. 1. That splits something apart; that separates or divides something; (sometimes, of a noise) ear-splitting, extremely loud.All-sundring (in quot. 1608) could be equally interpreted as an adjective with all as a modifying adverb, or as a present participle with all as a pronominal object: see the note at the compounds section of all adj., pron., n., adv., and conj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [adjective] sundry1564 discerning1574 singlinga1593 severing1597 sundering1624 segregatinga1628 separating1647 separatory1715 disparting1730 disseveringa1822 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adjective] > too or extremely roaringOE violenta1398 vehement1545 fouldering1590 sundering1624 screaming1847 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 142 All-sundring Sword! and (O!) all-cindring Fire!] 1624 J. Andrewes Soueraigne Salue to cure Sicke Soule sig. A4 Yea hee brake out into this sundring voice, and cried to God his Father. Quare dereliquisti me? Why hath thou forsaken me? a1637 B. Jonson Eng. Gram. ii. viii. 83 in Wks. (1640) III Here the sundring Conjunction, or, is lacking; and in the former example, and, the coupler. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. III 332 A new lonely pain, Like sundering death, smote on her. 1951 N.Y. Times 2 Dec. 10/3 It is startling to remember, today, how potent and sundering such basic issues have recently been. 1982 W. Ellis Lone Star on Treachery Trail i There was a wrenching shake as the creaking was drowned out by a sundering roar. 2007 S. Hunter 47th Samurai (2008) 250 The sword raised in his hands as he gathered strength to unleash a sundering blow. 2. Moving or splitting apart; separating, diverging. ΚΠ 1791 T. Townshend Poems 50 Thro' the sundering clouds descending Which roll'd in gold beneath her feet, While dulcet symphonies attending, They on her gaz'd with thousand wishes sweet? 1840 Hull Packet 3 Apr. 6/1 The mariner, dashed from his sundering ship With the kiss of affection still fresh on his lip. 1885 E. Arnold Secret of Death 23 Wide asunder stand Wisdom and ignorance, in sundering ways They lead mankind! 1983 T. Winton My Father's Axe in Blood & Water (1993) 32 Hard, splintery jarrah, clean, moist sheoak, hard, fibrous white gum, the shick! of sundering pine. 2006 J. Shirley Subterranean 22 He had to cling to the bridge to keep his footing as the sundering ground split in a lightning-shaped crack. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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