hend
/hɛnd/
hend verb: to take hold of; to grasp, hold.
Verb
hend (third-person singular simple present hends, present participle hending, simple past and past participle hended)
- To take hold of; to grasp, hold.
- She flew at him like to an hellish feend,
And on his shield tooke hold with all her might,
As if that it she would in peeces rend,
Or reave out of the hand that did it hend1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - Presently the cloud opened and behold, within it was that Jinni hending in hand a drawn sword, while his eyes were shooting fire sparks of rage.1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, volume 1
- She flew at him like to an hellish feend,
Adjective
hend
hend meaning in Urdu
hend in Urdu
- سلیقہ مند, شائستہ, سگھڑ
Forms of hend
| third-person singular present | hends |
|---|---|
| present participle | hending |
| past participle | hended |
| past | hended |
Origin of hend
From Middle English henden, from Old English *hendan, ġehendan (“take hold of”), from Proto-Germanic *handijaną (“to grasp; grab by hand”). Cognate with Old Frisian henda (“to take hold of; seize”), Icelandic henda (“to take hold of by hand; seize; fling”).
From Middle English hende, from Old English ġehende, from Proto-West Germanic *gahandī.
Words formed from hend
Words that rhyme with hend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- weekend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
Questions about hend
- What does hend mean?
- Hend means to take hold of; to grasp, hold.
- What is hend in Urdu?
- Hend in Urdu is سلیقہ مند, شائستہ, سگھڑ. See Hend meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is hend?
- Hend can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hend?
- Hend is pronounced /hɛnd/.
- What is the past tense of hend?
- The past tense of hend is hended.
Words near hend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hend (page history and authors); hend (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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