sunder : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sunder	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for sunder
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sunder v break apart or in two, using violence
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. i. To part; to separate. [R.] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, n. [See {Sunder}, v. t., and cf. {Asunder}.] A separation into parts; a division or severance. {In sunder}, into parts. [bd]He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder.[b8] --Ps. xlvi. 9.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. To expose to the sun and wind. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sunder \Sun"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sundering}.] [OE. sundren, AS. sundrain (in [be]sundrain, gesundrain), from sundor asunder, separately, apart; akin to D. zonder, prep., without, G. sonder separate, as prep., without, sondern but, OHG. suntar separately, Icel. sundr asunder, Sw. & Dan. s[94]nder, Goth. sundr[d3] alone, separately.] To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends. It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain. --Carew.