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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Rend

/(rĕnd)/ · IPA /ɹɛnd/
01 v. t. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning r…
imp. & p. p. Rent; p. pr. & vb. n. Rending
  1. 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. 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.
Phrases & compounds
To rap and rend — See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
Syn. To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split.
02 v. i. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
  1. 1.
    To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.