Meaning of "rend" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD REND

Old English rendan; related to Old Frisian renda.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF REND

rend  [rɛnd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REND

Rend is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb rend in English.

WHAT DOES REND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rend in the English dictionary

The first definition of rend in the dictionary is to tear with violent force or to be torn in this way; rip. Other definition of rend is to tear or pull, esp as a manifestation of rage or grief. Rend is also to disturb with a shrill or piercing tone.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO REND

PRESENT

Present

I rend

you rend

he/she/it rends

we rend

you rend

they rend

Present continuous

I am rending

you are rending

he/she/it is rending

we are rending

you are rending

they are rending

Present perfect

I have rent

you have rent

he/she/it has rent

we have rent

you have rent

they have rent

Present perfect continuous

I have been rending

you have been rending

he/she/it has been rending

we have been rending

you have been rending

they have been rending

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I rent

you rent

he/she/it rent

we rent

you rent

they rent

Past continuous

I was rending

you were rending

he/she/it was rending

we were rending

you were rending

they were rending

Past perfect

I had rent

you had rent

he/she/it had rent

we had rent

you had rent

they had rent

Past perfect continuous

I had been rending

you had been rending

he/she/it had been rending

we had been rending

you had been rending

they had been rending

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will rend

you will rend

he/she/it will rend

we will rend

you will rend

they will rend

Future continuous

I will be rending

you will be rending

he/she/it will be rending

we will be rending

you will be rending

they will be rending

Future perfect

I will have rent

you will have rent

he/she/it will have rent

we will have rent

you will have rent

they will have rent

Future perfect continuous

I will have been rending

you will have been rending

he/she/it will have been rending

we will have been rending

you will have been rending

they will have been rending

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would rend

you would rend

he/she/it would rend

we would rend

you would rend

they would rend

Conditional continuous

I would be rending

you would be rending

he/she/it would be rending

we would be rending

you would be rending

they would be rending

Conditional perfect

I would have rend

you would have rend

he/she/it would have rend

we would have rend

you would have rend

they would have rend

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been rending

you would have been rending

he/she/it would have been rending

we would have been rending

you would have been rending

they would have been rending

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you rend
we let´s rend
you rend

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to rend

Past participle

rent

Present Participle

rending

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «REND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rend» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of rend

break · burst · cleave · crack · dissever · disturb · divide · fracture · lacerate · pierce · pull · rip · rive · rupture · separate · sever · shatter · smash · splinter · split · sunder · tear · wrench

TRANSLATION OF REND

Find out the translation of rend to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of rend from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rend» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 雷德
• Translator English - Spanish: rend
• English: rend
• Translator English - Hindi: उखड़ना
• Translator English - Arabic: رند
• Translator English - Russian: ренд
• Translator English - Portuguese: rend
• Translator English - Bengali: বিদীর্ণ করা
• Translator English - French: Pourfendre
• Translator English - Malay: Rend
• Translator English - German: rend
• Translator English - Japanese: 引き裂く
• Translator English - Korean: 분쇄
• Translator English - Javanese: Rend
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xé
• Translator English - Tamil: கிழி
• Translator English - Marathi: फाडणे
• Translator English - Turkish: parçalamak
• Translator English - Italian: rend
• Translator English - Polish: rend
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ренд
• Translator English - Romanian: Rend
• Translator English - Greek: rend
• Translator English - Afrikaans: skeur
• Translator English - Swedish: rend
• Translator English - Norwegian: Rend

2 QUOTES WITH «REND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rend.

1

Katharine Lee Bates

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

2

Jane Porter

The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REND»

Discover the use of rend in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rend and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Ir-rev-rend: Christianity Without the Pretense. Faith ...

Do they make bad decisions? Yes. Commit sin and experience severed relationships? Yes and yes. Pastor Greg Surratt is not perfect, and he unashamedly tells the stories that have strengthened his faith.

Greg Surratt, 2011

A Time to Rend, a Time to Sew

When Beth Snyder decides to take her Jewish heritage seriously, it upsets her career plans, college work, and family life

Rachel Pomerantz, 1996

To Rend and to Mend: The Making of a Poet

Katharine L. Sparrow. The Making ofa Poet i ii To Rend and to Mend: The Making of. Love Poems by Katharine L. Sparrow. T0 Rend and to Mend: Front Cover.

Katharine L. Sparrow, 2014

The International

Finally, there are not more than sixty verbs included in the last, the 187. Fourth Conjugation Infinitive Present: rend-re, to return (to give back) Past: avoir rend-u, to have returned Participle Present : rend-ant, returning Past: rend-u, returned ...

‎1900

The French Principia: On the Plan of William Smith's ...

On the Plan of William Smith's Principia Latina. Pluperfect Tense (Plus-que- parfuit). Singular. Plural. Past Anterior Tense (Passé antérieur). Future Anterior Tense (Futur antérieur). IMPERATIVE MOOD (Impératif). I rend-ons, let us render.

‎1874

The Arab Shi'a: The Forgotten Muslims

This is the first book on the Arab Shi’a community, a group whose identity and relations to the rest of the Middle East cut to the heart of politics and society in the Arab and Muslim world.

Graham E. Fuller, Rend Rahim Francke, 2001

The anaerobic bacteria : their activities in nature and ...

Milan. 2: 65-79, 1921-22 Haber land, H.F.O. Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart, 424 pp., 1921 (Neue Deutsche Chirurgie, vol. 27) Perazzi, P. Sperimentale 75: 389-397, 1921 Weinberg, M., et Kepinow, L. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sei. (Paris) 172: 880-882,  ...

Leland Swint MacClung, 1982

Grammatical institutes of the French language

render je rend s thou renderest tu rend a he renders il rend we render nous rend one you render vous rend ez they render ils rend ent IMPERFECT. I did render je rend ais thou didst render tu rend ais he did render il rend ait we did render il ...

Rouillon (Mr. de.), A. Havet, 1859

Catalogue of Scientific Papers

Rend., 91, 1880, pp. 432-433. Thollon, L. 13. Sur quelques phénomènes solaires observés à Nice. Paris, Acad. Sci. Compt. Rend., 91, 1880, pp. 487-492. 14. tude sur les raies telluriques du spectre solaire (Observatoire de Nice). Paris, Acad.

Royal Society (Great Britain), 1896

1,4-Cycloaddition Reaction: The Diels-Alder Reaction in ...

France 3, 1905 (1936). Dufraisse, C., and Priou, R., Compr. Rend. 204, 127 ( 1937). Dufraisse, C., and Houpillart, J., Compt. Rend. 205, 740 (I937). Dufraisse, C., and LeBras, J., Bull. Soc. Chim. France [5] 4, 349 (1937). Dufraisse, C., Velluz, L., ...

Jan Hamer, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rend is used in the context of the following news items.

Interview: Rend Collective brings celebration songs to Kingdom Bound

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L'esprit d'Oscar de la Renta continue de vivre tous les jours au Festival de Cannes. Bien que le designer de mode originaire de la République dominicaine soit ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, May 15»

2 from Bonnie win Crappie Masters All American tournament at …

REND LAKE, IL (KFVS) - Hundreds of people from across the country competed in a national fishing tournament on Saturday, May 16 in southern Illinois. «KFVS, May 15»

610 graduate at Rend Lake College

INA, IL (KFVS) - Retired coach James "Hummer" Waugh give the commencement speech Saturday, May 16 at Rend Lake College in Ina, Illinois. It was the 48th ... «KFVS, May 15»

Rend Lake's Season Ends at Region 24 Tournament

CENTRALIA -- Winners of 13 straight, the Rend Lake Lady Warriors were red hot heading into the Region 24 Final Four this weekend at Kaskaskia College. «WSIL TV, May 15»

Lanter Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Rend Lake

Lanter Wins Bass Fishing League Tournament on Rend Lake ... 7 ounces Saturday to win the Bass Fishing League Illini Division tournament on Rend Lake. «BassResource.com, Apr 15»

Highlord Omokk, General Drakkisath, Rend Blackhand

This wing pits you against Highlord Omokk, General Drakkisath, and Rend Blackhand. As always, these strategies are formulated for their Heroic incarnations, ... «Shacknews, Apr 15»

Sixth Annual Cruise Nights returning to Rend Lake College …

The first Cruise Night is set for April 3, in the east parking lot across from the RLC Golf Outlet at the Rend Lake College MarketPlace. All classic and show cars ... «The Southern, Apr 15»

CNA scholarships available at Rend Lake College

INA — Certified Nursing Assistants who have not worked for two or more years have the opportunity to become recertified at Rend Lake College. The South ... «The Southern, Mar 15»

Tourism Council spreads awareness of Rend Lake area to state and …

As the rest of Franklin County hunkered down for winter, the Rend Lake Area Tourism Council started gearing up for summer when tourists, and their tax dollars, ... «Benton Evening News, Feb 15»