rend
For the verb: "to rend"
| Simple Past: | rent |
| Past Participle: | rent |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rend/rend/
▶verb (past and past part. rent) literary
- 1 tear to pieces.
■ archaic wrench violently.
- 2 cause great distress to.
– phrases
rend the air sound piercingly.
rend one's garments (or hair) tear one's clothes (or pull one's hair out) as a sign of extreme grief of distress.
rend the air sound piercingly.
rend one's garments (or hair) tear one's clothes (or pull one's hair out) as a sign of extreme grief of distress.
– origin OE rendan, rel. to Mid. Low Ger. rende.
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