Overview of verb rend

The verb rend has 1 sense

• rend, rip, rive, pull -- (tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips")

Overview of adj rending

The adj rending has 1 sense

• rending, ripping, splitting -- (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")