Definition of "rending" []

• Present participle of rend. (verb)
• That rends (adjective)

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• "I would just like to add the idea of rending our garments & gnashing our teeth."
• "The heavy felt druggets were about as plastic as blotting paper and I derived little comfort from them until I hit upon the idea of rending them into strips."
• "This may well be called the rending of another veil."