Synonyms of the word rend


RENDBUST - PULL - RIP - RIVE - RUPTURE - SNAP - TEAR

rend

  • v. (transitive) To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst.
  • v. (transitive) To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force.
  • v. (intransitive) To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split.
  • n. A violent separation of parts.

bust

  • n. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
  • n. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
  • v. To break something.
  • v. (slang) To arrest for a crime.
  • v. (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal,…
  • v. (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
  • v. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
  • v. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
  • v. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
  • n. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
  • n. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  • n. (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
  • n. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
  • adj. (slang) Without any money, broke.

pull

  • interj. (sports) Command used by a target shooter to request that the target be released/launched.
  • n. An act of pulling (applying force).
  • n. An attractive force which causes motion towards the source.
  • n. Any device meant to be pulled, as a lever, knob, handle, or rope.
  • n. (slang, dated) Something in one's favour in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing.
  • n. Appeal or attraction (as of a movie star).
  • n. (Internet, uncountable) The situation where a client sends out a request for data from a server, as in…
  • n. A journey made by rowing.
  • n. (dated) A contest; a struggle.
  • n. (obsolete, poetic) Loss or violence suffered.
  • n. (slang) The act of drinking.
  • n. (cricket) A kind of stroke by which a leg ball is sent to the off side, or an off ball to the side.
  • n. (golf) A mishit shot which travels in a straight line and (for a right-handed player) left of the intended…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing…
  • v. To gather with the hand, or by drawing toward oneself; to pluck.
  • v. To attract or net; to pull in.
  • v. To draw apart; to tear; to rend.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, Britain, Ireland, slang) To persuade (someone) to have sex with one.
  • v. (transitive) To remove (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To do or perform.
  • v. (transitive) To retrieve or generate for use.
  • v. To toss a frisbee with the intention of launching the disc across the length of a field.
  • v. (intransitive) To row.
  • v. (transitive) To strain (a muscle, tendon, ligament, etc.).
  • v. (video games, transitive, intransitive) To draw (a hostile non-player character) into combat, or toward…
  • v. To score a certain amount of points in a sport.
  • v. (horse-racing) To hold back, and so prevent from winning.
  • v. (printing, dated) To take or make (a proof or impression); so called because hand presses were worked…
  • v. (cricket, golf) To strike the ball in a particular manner. (See noun sense.).
  • v. (Britain) To draw beer from a pump, keg, or other source.
  • v. (rail transportation, US, of a railroad car) To pull out from a yard or station; to leave.

rip

  • n. A tear (in paper, etc.).
  • n. A type of tide or current.
  • n. (slang) A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
  • n. (slang) A hit (dose) of marijuana.
  • n. (Britain, Eton College) A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
  • v. (transitive) To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy such as paper or fabric),…
  • v. (transitive) To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move quickly and destructively.
  • v. (woodworking) To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain. Contrast crosscut.
  • v. (transitive, slang, computing) To copy data from CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable…
  • v. (slang, narcotics) To take a "hit" of marijuana.
  • v. (slang) To fart.
  • v. (transitive, US, slang) To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on).
  • v. (transitive, slang, chiefly demoscene) To steal; to rip off.
  • v. To move or act fast, to rush headlong.
  • v. (archaic) To tear up for search or disclosure, or for alteration; to search to the bottom; to discover;…
  • v. (intransitive, surfing, slang) To surf extremely well.
  • n. A wicker basket for fish.
  • n. (colloquial, regional, dated) A worthless horse; a nag.
  • n. (colloquial, regional, dated) An immoral man; a rake, a scoundrel.

rive

  • v. (transitive, archaic except in past participle) To tear apart by force; to split; to cleave.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To pierce or cleave with a weapon.
  • v. (intransitive) To break apart; to split.
  • v. (transitive, rare) To burst open; explode; discharge.
  • v. (woodworking) To use a technique of splitting or sawing wood radially from a log (e.g. clapboards).
  • n. A place torn; a rent; a rift.

rupture

  • n. A burst, split, or break.
  • n. A social breach or break, between individuals or groups.
  • n. (medicine) A break or tear in soft tissue, such as a muscle.
  • n. (engineering) A failure mode in which a tough ductile material pulls apart rather than cracking.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To burst, break through, or split, as under pressure.

snap

  • n. A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound.
  • n. A sudden break.
  • n. An attempt to seize, bite, attack, or grab.
  • n. The act of making a snapping sound by pressing the thumb and a opposing finger of the same hand together…
  • n. A fastening device that makes a snapping sound when used.
  • n. A photograph (an abbreviation of snapshot).
  • n. The sudden release of something held under pressure or tension.
  • n. A thin circular cookie or similar good.
  • n. A brief, sudden period of a certain weather; used primarily in the phrase cold snap.
  • n. A very short period of time (figuratively, the time taken to snap one's fingers), or a task that can be…
  • n. A snap bean such as Phaseolus vulgaris.
  • n. (American football) The passing of a football from the center to a back that begins play, a hike.
  • n. (somewhat colloquial) A rivet: a scrapbooking embellishment.
  • n. (Britain, regional) A small meal, a snack; lunch.
  • n. (uncountable) A card game, primarily for children, in which players cry "snap" to claim pairs of matching…
  • n. (obsolete) A greedy fellow.
  • n. That which is, or may be, snapped up; something bitten off, seized, or obtained by a single quick movement;…
  • n. briskness; vigour; energy; decision.
  • n. (slang, archaic) Any circumstance out of which money may be made or an advantage gained. used primarily…
  • n. (slang) Something that is easy or effortless.
  • n. A snapper, or snap beetle.
  • n. (physics, humorous) jounce (the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time), followed…
  • n. A quick offhand shot with a firearm; a snap shot.
  • n. (colloquial) Something of no value.
  • n. A visual message sent on the application Snapchat.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To fracture or break apart suddenly.
  • v. (intransitive) To give forth or produce a sharp cracking noise; to crack.
  • v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with the teeth or bite.
  • v. (intransitive) To attempt to seize with eagerness.
  • v. (intransitive) To speak abruptly or sharply.
  • v. (intransitive) To give way abruptly and loudly.
  • v. (intransitive) To suffer a mental breakdown, usually while under tension.
  • v. (intransitive) To flash or appear to flash as with light.
  • v. (intransitive) To fit or fasten together with a snapping sound.
  • v. (intransitive, computing, graphical user interface) To jump to a fixed position relative to another element.
  • v. (transitive) To snatch with or as if with the teeth.
  • v. (transitive) To pull apart with a snapping sound; to pop loose.
  • v. (transitive) To say abruptly or sharply.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To speak to abruptly or sharply; to treat snappishly; usually with up.
  • v. (transitive) To cause something to emit a snapping sound.
  • v. (transitive) To close something using a snap as a fastener.
  • v. (transitive) To snap one's fingers: to make a snapping sound, often by pressing the thumb and an opposing…
  • v. (transitive) To cause to move suddenly and smartly.
  • v. (transitive) To take a photograph; to release a camera's shutter (which may make a snapping sound).
  • v. (transitive, American football) To put the ball in play by passing it from the center to a back; to hike…
  • v. To misfire.
  • v. (cricket, transitive) To catch out sharply (a batsman who has just snicked a bowled ball).
  • interj. The winning cry at a game of snap.
  • interj. (Britain) By extension from the card game, "I've got one the same." or similar.
  • interj. (Britain) Ritual utterance of agreement (after the cry in the card game snap).
  • interj. (Canada, US) Used in place of expletive to express surprise, usually in response to a negative statement…
  • interj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Ritual utterance used after something is said by two people at exactly…
  • adj. (informal) Done, performed, made, etc. quickly and without deliberation.

tear

  • v. (transitive) To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether…
  • v. (transitive) To injure as if by pulling apart.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to lose some kind of unity or coherence.
  • v. (transitive) To make (an opening) with force or energy.
  • v. (transitive, often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
  • v. (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.
  • v. (intransitive) To become torn, especially accidentally.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
  • v. (intransitive) To smash or enter something with great force.
  • n. A hole or break caused by tearing.
  • n. (slang) A rampage.
  • n. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
  • n. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop,…
  • n. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
  • n. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
  • v. (intransitive) To produce tears.

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