vt. 分裂, 劈开, 强夺, 撕碎, 划破

vi. 撕开, 裂开

[ verb ]
tear or be torn violently
<verb.contact> pull rip rive
The curtain ripped from top to bottompull the cooked chicken into strips

Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rent} (r[e^]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[ae]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.


Rend \Rend\, v. i.
To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
--Jer. Taylor.