rendrend /rend/ verb (past tense and past participle rent /rent/) [transitive] literary 
WORD ORIGINrend
Origin:
Old English rendanVERB TABLE
rend
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | rend |
| he, she, it | rends | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | rent |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have rent |
| he, she, it | has rent | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had rent |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rend |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have rent |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am rending |
| he, she, it | is rending | |
| you, we, they | are rending | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was rending |
| you, we, they | were rending | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been rending |
| he, she, it | has been rending | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been rending |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be rending |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been rending |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Above them, something gave way with a long, rending metallic screech.
- Historically, as we have seen, the country has been rent by various upheavals, sometimes of a quite violent nature.
- The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
He was ordered to pay rent arrears of £550. The gallery charges an entrance fee. The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent. Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing. exorbitant rates of interest I waited all day for the gas man. She was finally evicted in April for non-payment of rent.
· Tom rented an apartment at the top of the building.
He was ordered to pay rent arrears of £550. (also hire a bike British English)· You can rent bikes and explore the island’s cycle paths.
The gallery charges an entrance fee. The landlady came around once a month to collect the rent. Rent controls ensured that no one paid too much for housing. exorbitant rates of interest· Renting a flat can be very expensive in this part of town.
· While he was working in London, Ken rented a house in Fulham.
I waited all day for the gas man. She was finally evicted in April for non-payment of rent. British English· Tenants face huge rent rises.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.· This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture.
· Just get some samples together, print up pretentious business cards, inflate values, rent out tent space and voila!· In addition to the City-organized leagues, there are also independent leagues that rent out the San Francisco fields for their use.· Most landlords comply, and let government inspectors roam through the bedrooms and bathrooms of the houses they rent out.· We rent out one of the rooms for seventy-five dollars a month.
VERB· They do not pay tax or rent, and are exempted from military service.· Agencies pay it rent and those funds go into an account called the Federal Buildings Fund, which covers construction and repairs.· Twenty years ago many people looked upon their jobs as akin to paying rent.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to tear or break something violently into pieces- If the momentum picks up, conventional politics could be torn asunder.
- In 1964, the Republican Party was torn asunder by the nomination of conservative Barry Goldwater.
- The veils are parting, the mists are rent asunder.
- This unity was to be rent asunder by changes in technology and by the impact of the Modern Movement in architecture.
- A former landlord said she was still owed several thousand dollars in back rent.
- Dave Escott bought at the height of the boom, and any back rent will only add to his negative equity.
- He owes $ 10, 000 in back taxes.
- Homar sued for reinstatement of his job, back pay and money damages.
- I needed a release from the tax office showing that I owed no back taxes.
- Look, she said, he's left, bolted, owing three months' back rent.
- Next: What to do when you can not afford to pay back taxes.
- The Internal Revenue Service has been battling him for years for back taxes and penalties related to one venture.