rend

English

Etymology

From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-Germanic *hrandijanan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causitive of Proto-Germanic *hrindanan (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), in which case would relate it to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛnd

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst

   Powder rends a rock in blasting.

   Lightning rends an oak.

   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

     If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.

   • 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 317:

     We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.

2. (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
3. (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

   Relationships may rend if tempers flare.

   Rending of garments for shiva is a Jewish tradition.

Translations

to separate into parts with force

• Esperanto: disŝiri (eo)
• Italian: spaccare (it)
• Latin: lacerō (la)

• Portuguese: rasgar (pt)
• Russian: раздирать (ru) (razdirátʼ) n, разрывать (ru) (razryvátʼ) n
• Tok Pisin: brukim (tpi)

to part or tear off forcibly

• Russian: отрывать (ru) (otryvát’) n

• Tok Pisin: brukim (tpi)

to be rent or torn

Anagrams

• nerd

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Albanian

Etymology 1

A nasal formation from radhë (similarly to lëndë), from Proto-Indo-European *rēidh-, *rēi- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”).

Noun

rend m

1. public order, government

Related terms

• radhë
• resht

Etymology 2

Verb

rend (first-person singular past tense renda, participle rendur)

1. to run

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Danish

Verb

rend

1. imperative of rende

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /RA~/

Verb

rend

1. third-person singular present indicative of rendre

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian red.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈrɛnd/

Noun

rend (plural rendek)

1. order

Declension

declension of rend singular plural nominative rend rendek accusative rendet rendeket dative rendnek rendeknek instrumental renddel rendekkel causal-final rendért rendekért translative renddé rendekké terminative rendig rendekig essive-formal rendként rendekként essive-modal - - inessive rendben rendekben superessive renden rendeken adessive rendnél rendeknél illative rendbe rendekbe sublative rendre rendekre allative rendhez rendekhez elative rendből rendekből delative rendről rendekről ablative rendtől rendektől

possessives of rend possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. rendem rendjeim 2nd person sing. rended rendjeid 3rd person sing. rendje rendjei 1st person plural rendünk rendjeink 2nd person plural rendetek rendjeitek 3rd person plural rendjük rendjeik

Derived terms

• rendel
• rendes
• rendetlen
• rendez

Compound words

házirend időrend menetrend

oszloprend rendellenes rendkívül

rendőr rendszer sorrend

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