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Meaning of 'rend' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Rend [ v. i.]
- To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
2 . Rend [ v. t.]
- To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.
- To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.

Meaning of 'rend' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . rend [ v]
Meaning (1):
- tear or be torn violently
Example in sentence:
  • pull the cooked chicken into strips;
  • The curtain ripped from top to bottom

Nearby Words:

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