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berend

berend verb: to rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.

Verb

berend (third-person singular simple present berends, present participle berending, simple past and past participle berent)

  1. (transitive) To rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.
    • Then red with ire, her tresses she berent; And weeping hid the beauty of her face:1904, Elizabethan sonnets

Forms of berend

third-person singular presentberends
present participleberending
past participleberent
pastberent

Origin of berend

From Middle English *berenden, from Old English berendan (“to peel, take off husk”); equivalent to be- + rend.

Questions about berend

What does berend mean?
Berend means to rend or tear severely; tear badly; rip all over.
What part of speech is berend?
Berend is a verb.
What is the past tense of berend?
The past tense of berend is berent.

Words near berend in the dictionary

  1. berele
  2. Beremboke
  3. beremeal
  4. Berenbaum
  5. Berenbaums
  6. berend
  7. berending
  8. berends
  9. Berendsen thermostat
  10. Berendt
  11. Berendts

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