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rending
(encz) | rending,roztrhávání n: Zdeněk Brož |
Rending
(gcide) | Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (r[e^]nt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Rending.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries.
renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to
push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob,
plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor.
ranna.]
1. 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.
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The dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region. --Shak.
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2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
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An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden.
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I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings
xi. 11.
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To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
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Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture;
crack; split.
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rending
(wn) | rending
adj 1: resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something
ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree; "the tree
split with a great ripping sound"; "heard a rending roar
as the crowd surged forward" [syn: rending, ripping,
splitting] |
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neverending
(mass) | never-ending
- nikdy nekončiaci |
heart-rending
(encz) | heart-rending,drásající srdce Zdeněk Brožheart-rending,srdcervoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heartrending
(encz) | heartrending,drásající srdce Zdeněk Brožheartrending,srdcervoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
heartrendingly
(encz) | heartrendingly, |
neverending
(encz) | neverending,nekonečný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Heartrending
(gcide) | Heartrending \Heart"rend`ing\ (-r[e^]nd`[i^]ng), a.
Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very
distressing.
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never-ending
(gcide) | never-ending \never-ending\ adj.
endless or seemingly endless; as, the never-ending search for
happiness.
Syn: endless, interminable.
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Rending
(gcide) | Rend \Rend\ (r[e^]nd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rent (r[e^]nt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Rending.] [AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries.
renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to
push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. r[ae]na to rob,
plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor.
ranna.]
1. 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.
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The dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region. --Shak.
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2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
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An empire from its old foundations rent. --Dryden.
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I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. --1 Kings
xi. 11.
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To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch.
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Syn: To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture;
crack; split.
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Trending
(gcide) | Trend \Trend\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trended; p. pr. & vb. n.
Trending.] [OE. trenden to roll or turn about; akin to
OFries. trind, trund, round, Dan. & Sw. trind, AS. trendel a
circle, ring, and E. trendle, trundle.]
To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend;
as, the shore of the sea trends to the southwest.
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heartrending
(wn) | heartrending
adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss";
"a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn:
grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending] |
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