Associations to the word «Rend»

Wiktionary

REND, verb. (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst
REND, verb. (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
REND, verb. (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.

Dictionary definition

REND, verb. Tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin