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rend
English
Etymology
From Middle English renden, from Old English rendan (“to rend, tear, cut, lacerate, cut down”), from Proto-Germanic *hrandijan? (“to tear”), of uncertain origin. Believed by some to be the causative of Proto-Germanic *hrindan? (“to push”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ret-, *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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
rend (third-person singular simple present rends, present participle rending, simple past and past participle rent or rended)
- (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to split; to burst
- Powder rends a rock in blasting.
- Lightning rends an oak.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak / And peg thee in his knotty entrails till / Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters.
- 1970, Alvin Toffler, Future Shock, Bantam Books, pg. 317:
- We are most vulnerable now to the messages of the new subcults, to the claims and counterclaims that rend the air.
- (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force; to amputate.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:12:
- And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:12:
- (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
- Relationships may rend if tempers flare.
Derived terms
- berend
- torend
Translations
Noun
rend (plural rends)
- A violent separation of parts.
- 2002, John S. Anderson, A Daughter of Light (page xvi)
- She'd been in a couple of minor car accidents herself, and witnessed a few others, and the rend of metal was unforgettable.
- 2002, John S. Anderson, A Daughter of Light (page xvi)
Anagrams
- NERD, dern, nerd
Albanian
Etymology 1
An early loanword from a South Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *r?d? (“row, line”) with a preserved nasal. Compare Old Church Slavonic ???? (r?d?, “line, order”), Serbo-Croatian red (“row”), Bulgarian ??? (red, “row”), and West Slavic descendant Polish rz?d (“row”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd/
Noun
rend m (indefinite plural rende, definite singular rendi, definite plural rendet)
- row, order, line
- turn
- class, category
Declension
Synonyms
- radhë
- rresht
Derived terms
- rendit
- renditje
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *renta, from *rena, akin to Gothic ???????????????????????? (rinnan) and Old Norse rinna (“to run”).
Verb
rend (first-person singular past tense renda, participle rendur)
- to run (after), hurry (after)
- Synonym: gjëmoj
References
Danish
Verb
rend
- imperative of rende
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???/
Verb
rend
- third-person singular present indicative of rendre
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from a Slavic language. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *r?d?. Compare Serbo-Croatian r?d.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?r?nd]
- Hyphenation: rend
- Rhymes: -?nd
Noun
rend (plural rendek)
- order
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- rend in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
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demolish
English
Etymology
Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin d?m?lior (“I tear down”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??m?l.??/
Verb
demolish (third-person singular simple present demolishes, present participle demolishing, simple past and past participle demolished)
- To destroy.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
- 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 68)
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.'
'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.'
- 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 68)
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
Related terms
- demolition
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “demolish”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- modelish
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