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Meanings of rend in English

Portuguese
rasgar
Catalan
fendre

Tear or be torn violently.

rasgar
Usage of rend in English
1
The shrill lamentations of the women seemed to rend the sunny air.
The Waters of Edera
2
My soul travaileth sore, and hope and doubt rend me in twain.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
3
Instruments designed to rend and maim, and they all looked well used.
The Child Thief
4
The mighty struggle was to rend asunder these new-formed and holy ties.
Mark Hurdlestone; Or, The Two Brothers
5
The Dyak was not yet born who should rend her from him.
The Wings of the Morning
6
They will take my life and rend it asunder bit by bit.
Jess of the Rebel Trail
7
It raised a claw, obviously intending to rend the sprawled Vraad's midsection.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
8
He shall not uncover his head: he shall not rend his garments.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
9
Now God has no bastards to turn again and rend their Maker.
Unity of Good
10
He was as likely as not to rend you for your pains.
The End of the Tether
11
The blood gushed into his brain-somethingto break, to rend, to mangle.
The Grey Cloak
12
He must find an outlet for his impatience, rend or mend something.
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages
13
Thousands rend their fetters every year after some desperate struggle, and escape.
Cast Adrift
14
What was Brutus to him, that his disapproval should rend him so?
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
15
One more puff of air and her thin, taut membrane would rend.
The incumbent
16
I saw... some sort of a monster, which tried to rend me.
A Reckless Character, and Other Stories
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Translations for rend
Portuguese
rasgar
Rend through the time
Rend across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common