transcription, транскрипция: [ rend ]
( rends, rending, rent)
1.
To rend something means to tear it. ( LITERARY )
...pain that rends the heart.
...a twisted urge to rend and tear.
VERB : V n , V
2.
If a loud sound rends the air, it is sudden and violent. ( LITERARY )
He bellows, rends the air with anguish.
VERB : V n
3.
see also heart-rending