Rend (Verb)
Meaning
Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The explosion ripped through the wall and rend the metal apart.
- A rogue wave crashed against the ship's side, threatening to rend its wooden hull.
- The extreme heat caused the seams of the fabric to rend and fray.
- The strong wind was so fierce that it would rend even the sturdiest of trees from the ground.
- As I pulled on the cooked roast, it began to rend easily into tender, juicy strips.