rent
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8.4
- noun
- /rɛnt/
:
desgarro
- The sudden explosion rent the silence of the night, startling everyone nearby.
- a rent in the fabric
- tearing a rent
- rent flesh
A black shadow comes through through the rent of the in the darkness of the earth and night, a ripping open of the fabric of the world.
- A black shadow comes through through the rent of the in the darkness of the earth and night, a ripping open of the fabric of the world.
Examples
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The marriage has now been rent in twain.
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Max said that it now lay at the very edge of the starless black rent in the sky.
Fiction book (1995) -
As they continue to peer, the rent will seem to become larger.
Fiction book (1996) -
I could walk the earth until I find a rent in its flesh.
Blog text (2) -
In the majority of cases, the cause is a rent in the diaphragm.
Academic text (2007) -
A black shadow comes through through the rent of the in the darkness of the earth and night, a ripping open of the fabric of the world.
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But delicate dark edges remained, as if your suit had sprung little rents.
Fiction book (2002) -
And behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom.
Blog text (11) -
Spontaneous rents in the diaphragm are known to occur following vomiting.
Academic text (2007) -
In a matter of moments, the fierce storm had rent the canvas tent, leaving it in tatters.
Synonyms
207
1.0
A long cut in cloth or paper made by pulling it
23
1.9
A long tear in fabric made by pulling it apart quickly
11
1.1
A break in something, for example a tear in fabric or wood
3
4.1
A small tear or pull in fabric caused by catching
Idioms
To stay constantly in someone's thoughts and annoy them
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.2
Trying to get money without creating new value by changing rules or using power
- Formal
1
9.5
To try to get money or benefits without creating new value by using power to change rules
- Archaic
1
9.0
A very high amount people must pay to live in a house or use land that is unfair
- Specialized
Extra money earned from land or another resource above what is needed to keep using it
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Etymology
Rent meaning a tear comes from the old verb rend, which means 'to tear' — like when you 'rip' cloth. So a rent is something pulled or torn open.