rend

«rend» in Mova's school dictionary: To tear something into pieces violently — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (rend, rends, rent, rending)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old or literary) To tear something into pieces violently. tree →

2) To break a silence or the air with a loud sound. tree →

3) (literary) To cause great sadness or pain to someone's heart. tree →

sense in the lessons

Mostly found in old stories, poems, the Bible and fantasy books. In the Bible people «rent their clothes», tearing them to show great sorrow. «Heart-rending» means very sad. Phrases: «rend apart», «rend the air», «heart-rending», «rent their clothes».

examples

• The giant rent the tree in two. tree →
• A scream rent the silence. tree →
• In the Bible, Jacob rent his clothes when he heard the bad news. tree →
• It was a heart-rending story about a lost puppy. tree →
• The storm threatened to rend the sails. tree →
• The war rent the country apart. tree →
• Wringing his hands and rending his beard, he exclaimed: tree →

note

Irregular verb: rend, rent, rent. Trap: «rent» is also the money paid to live in a house — a different word. Today «tear» is used instead of «rend»; «heart-rending» is still common.

In the corpora

• And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent.
• Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him.
• And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces.
• Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.'
• Oh, that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence,

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.