- rend past tense and past participle rent
- verb (T) literary to tear or break something violently into pieces
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
rend past tense and past participle rent
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rend — [ rend ] (past tense and past participle rent [ rent ] ) verb transitive LITERARY 1. ) to tear something into pieces 2. ) to make someone feel great emotion: Her screams would rend the heart of any man. rend the air if a loud shout or sound rends … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
rend — [rend] v past tense and past participle rent [rent] [T] literary [: Old English; Origin: rendan] to tear or break something violently into pieces … Dictionary of contemporary English
rent — rent1 W3S2 [rent] v 1.) [I and T] to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else ▪ Most students rent rooms in their second year. ▪ I d rather have my own house… … Dictionary of contemporary English
rent — I. /rɛnt / (say rent) noun 1. a return or payment made periodically by a tenant to an owner for the use of land or building. 2. a similar return or payment for the use of property of any kind. 3. Economics the excess of the produce or return… …
rent — [[t]re̱nt[/t]] ♦♦♦ rents, renting, rented 1) VERB If you rent something, you regularly pay its owner a sum of money in order to be able to have it and use it yourself. [V n] She rents a house with three other girls... [V ed] He left his hotel in… … English dictionary
rent — 1 /rent/ verb 1 (I, T) to regularly pay money to live in a house or room that belongs to someone else, or to use something that belongs to someone else: rent sth from sb: We rent our apartment from an old retired couple. | Nick s been renting for … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
rent — rent1 [ rent ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount an amount of money that you pay regularly for using a house, room, office, etc. that belongs to someone else: After she d paid her rent, Jakki had no money left for food. an annual rent of $80,000… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
