rending : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rending	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rending
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rending adj resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar as the crowd surged forward" Synonym(s): rending, ripping, splitting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rend \Rend\ (r[ecr]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r?nt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rending}.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[?]na to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna.] 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. --Shak. 2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden. I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings xi. 11. {To rap and rend}. See under {Rap}, v. t., to snatch. Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.