Home › Words › U › uprenduprenduprend means to tear up; to uproot.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, uprend ranks #6,829 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom up- + rend.verbTo tear up; to uproot.e.g.“For earthquake swallowing earthquake Uprent the Wessex tree” — 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Ballad of the White Horse:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.uppluck 75% match — To pluck up; pull up; deracinate. vs uprend →unroot 70% match — To tear up by the roots; to uproot. vs uprend →uprooter 69% match — One who, or that which, uproots. vs uprend →uprun 68% match — To run up; ascend. vs uprend →uprootal 68% match — The act or process of uprooting; the state of being uprooted. vs uprend →uprooted 65% match — Having been fully removed, including the roots. vs uprend →aberuncate 65% match — To eradicate; to pull up by the roots. vs uprend →uprest 64% match — uprising vs uprend →