rend
verb /rend/
/rend/
(old use or literary)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rend | /rend/ /rend/ |
| he / she / it rends | /rendz/ /rendz/ |
| past simple rent | /rent/ /rent/ |
| past participle rent | /rent/ /rent/ |
| -ing form rending | /ˈrendɪŋ/ /ˈrendɪŋ/ |
- rend something to tear something apart with force or violence
- The women rend their clothes in grief.
- (figurative) a country rent in two by civil war
- (figurative) The community has been rent asunder by the scandal.
- (figurative) Loud screams rent the air.
Word OriginOld English rendan; related to Middle Low German rende.