sunder
To break or separate or to break apart, especially with forceTo break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
разделя́тьrazdeljátʹ, разлучатьrazlučatʹ
break apart or in two, using violence
(intransitive)To part, separate.
расстава́тьсяrasstavátʹsja
(UK, dated, dialectal, transitive)To expose to the sun and wind.
Examples
1 sentencesOur bodies, indeed, are nigh each other, but our souls are sundered.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“toFrom Middle English sundren (“to separate, part, divide”), from Old English sundrian (“to separate, split, part, divide”), from Proto-Germanic *sundrōną (“to separate”), from Proto-Indo-European *sen(e)- (“separate, without”). Cognate with Scots sinder, sunder (“to separate, divide, split up”), Dutch zonderen (“to isolate”), German sondern (“to separate”), Swedish söndra (“to divide”). More at sundry.
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Forms
sunders, sundering, sundered, sunderedWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.