hender

Meaning

1. (transitive) to split, to cleave apart
2. (transitive) to crack into pieces
3. (transitive) to mar

Concepts

split

cleave

crack

chop

cut

slit

rend

separate

shrink

tear

chop wood

cut firewood

cut open

scratch

break through

cut down

divide

rip

rive

break

Synonyms

partir

rajar

cortar

hendir

trinchar

dividir

abrir

agrietar

fender

hacer leña de un tronco

partir madera

rajar leña

abrir brecha

romper por la costura

cortar en la base

recortar con dientes

clivar

cortar hendiendo

amputar

cascar

cercenar

quebrar

romper

tajar

desportillar

Translations

spalten

fendre

fendere

fender

partir

splijten

kloven

aufschlitzen

rachar

klieven

incollare

estellar

aufspalten

clivellar

esquerdar

Hyphenated as

hen‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/enˈdeɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: fender

Inherited from Latin: findo

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish fender, from Latin findere, findō, from Proto-Italic *findō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).