rend

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
3. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Noun

A violent separation of parts.

Concepts

fendre

déchirer

déchiqueter

mettre en pièces

arracher

rompre

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹɛnd/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-West Germanic *(h)randijan (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindaną (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱret-, *kret- (“to hit, beat”), which would make it related to Old English hrindan (“to thrust, push”). Cognate with Scots rent (“to rend, tear”), Old Frisian renda (“to tear”).