Verb

1. criticize or abuse strongly and violently
2. tear or be torn violently
3. cut (wood) along the grain
4. move precipitously or violently

Noun

1. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
2. a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
3. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
4. a dissolute man in fashionable society