Rend
Rend (rend) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon rendan, hrendan; compare OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icelandic hrinda to push, thrust, Anglo-Saxon hrindan; or compare Icelandic rana to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, Welsh rhanu, Armor. ranna.]
1.
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.
The dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region.
2.
To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
An empire from its old foundations rent.
I will surely rend the kingdom from thee.
Collocations (1)
To rap and rend , See under Rap, transitive verb, to snatch.
Rend , intransitive verb
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. — Jer. Taylor