To rip or tear; rend.
Wolves will rend a lamb to pieces.
rend a letter into two [to pieces]
A howl arose that would rend almost any heart.
rend one's garments,eg(formerly)to show grief or frustration
They open their mouths against me, lions that rend and roar.
The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen.
Its strong jaws, used to chop tough wood-moss chunks into pieces, can rend flesh and snap bones easily.
I ran to my room and locked the door, fearing that Grandpa would rend me to pieces.
Denys and I are true men, and you will rend our hearts if you kill that poor simple girl.
China, for example, has seen average issuance as a proportion of rend capitalization of 4.6% since 2002, hitting 8% in 2005.
First, with object-oriented thought, we divide the underground pipeline system level to clarify the pipe system hierarchy and rend different level category pipeline data.
And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.
Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen.
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it.
When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand.
And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.
