rend

rend is a 4-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak.
2. transitive verb. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
3. intransitive verb. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
4. verb. tear or be torn violently

   "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"

   "pull the cooked chicken into strips"

   Synonyms: pull, rip, rive

Synonyms

pull, rip, rive

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rend:

dern, nerd

Common word forms

rends, rended, render, rending

Words from these letters

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