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rends

rends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rend.

Meaning of rend

Verb

rend (third-person singular simple present rends, present participle rending, simple past and past participle rent or rended)

  1. (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst.
    • Powder rends a rock in blasting.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To violently disturb the peace of; to throw into chaos.
    • a scream that rent the air
  3. (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
    • A time to rent, and a time to sow: a time to keepe silence, and a time to speake.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 3:7
  4. (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
    • Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
    Synonyms:
    rive

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Phrases with rends

Questions about rends

What is rends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rend.

Words near rends in the dictionary

  1. rendreth
  2. rendring
  3. rendrock
  4. rendryng
  5. rendrynge
  6. rends
  7. rends one's garments
  8. Rendsburg
  9. rendsina
  10. Rendu
  11. Rendu-Osler-Weber disease

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