- rend one's garments (or hair)
- rend one's garments (or hair)tear one's clothes (or pull one's hair out) as a sign of extreme grief of distress.→ rend
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rend one's garments (or hair)
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rend — verb (past and past participle rent) literary 1》 tear to pieces. ↘archaic wrench violently. 2》 cause great distress to. Phrases rend the air sound piercingly. rend one s garments (or hair) tear one s clothes (or pull one s hair out) as a sign … English new terms dictionary
rend — v. (past and past part. rent) archaic or rhet. 1 tr. (foll. by off, from, away, etc.; also absol.) tear or wrench forcibly. 2 tr. & intr. split or divide in pieces or into factions (a country rent by civil war). 3 tr. cause emotional pain to (the … Useful english dictionary
rend — rendible, adj. /rend/, v., rent, rending. v.t. 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: The storm rent the ship to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide: a racial problem that is rending the nation. 3. to pull or tear violently… … Universalium
rend — [[t]rɛnd[/t]] v. rent, rend•ing 1) to separate into parts with force or violence; tear apart 2) to tear (one s garments or hair) in grief or rage 3) to disturb (the air) sharply with noise 4) to distress (the heart) with painful feelings 5) to… … From formal English to slang
rend — [c]/rɛnd / (say rend) verb (rent, rending) –verb (t) 1. to separate into parts with force or violence: rent to pieces. 2. to tear apart, split, or divide. 3. to pull or tear (away, off, up, etc.) violently. 4. to tear (one s garments or hair) in… …
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