n. a regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property

n. the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

n. the act of rending or ripping or splitting something; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip"

n. an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

adj. being divided or separated; "split between love and hate"

n. the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"

n. the act of making a sudden noisy break

n. the act of dividing or disconnecting

n. division of a group into opposing factions; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy"

n. a narrow fissure in rock

n. a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

v. consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam"

v. put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

v. put into commission; equip for service; of ships

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

v. assign to a station

v. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

v. let for money; "We rented our apartment to friends while we were abroad"

v. grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

v. hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

v. hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"

v. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

v. engage somebody to enter the army

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

adj. having edges that are jagged from injury

v. grant the services of or the temporary use of, for a fee; "We rent out our apartment to tourists every year"; "He hired himself out as a cook"

adj. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

adj. of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

adj. having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a broken-backed old horse"

adj. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire: "barricaded the street with burnt-out cars"; "a burned-out picture tube"

adj. suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon"

adj. eaten away as by acid or oxidation

adj. of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide

adj. having the surface damaged or disfigured

adj. damaged inanimate objects or their value

adj. damaged; "the gym has some of the most knocked-out equipment since Vic Tanny"

adj. (of compositions e.g.) damaged; "a mutilated text"

adj. having the paint loose and peeling away; "a dilapidated house with peeling paint"; "peeling row houses"

adj. having surface damage

adj. damaged by storm

adj. consisting of two chambers; "the bicameral heart of a fish"

adj. divided into two lobes; "a bifid petal"

adj. resembling a fork; divided or separated into two branches; "the biramous appendages of an arthropod"; "long branched hairs on its legson which pollen collects"; "a forked river"; "a forked tail"; "forked lightning"; "horseradish grown in poor soil may develop prongy roots"

adj. divided into or made up of two parts; "socially bifurcated populations"

adj. divided into or containing two cells or chambers; "having a bilocular capsule"

adj. used esp. of leaves

adj. having compartmental chambers; "a spiral chambered seashell"

adj. used of hooves

adj. divided up into compartments or categories; "most sciences have become woefully compartmentalized"

adj. divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications

adj. taken apart at the joints; "a disjointed fowl"

adj. having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

adj. having been divided; having the unity destroyed; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"-Samuel Lubell; "a league of disunited nations"- E.B.White; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group"

adj. of writing or narration; divided into or composed of episodes; "the book is episodic and the incidents don't always hang together"

adj. having the body divided into successive metameres or segments, as in earthworms or lobsters

adj. of windows; divided by vertical bars or piers usually of stone; "mullioned windows"

adj. divided by partitions

adj. having prongs or tines; usually used in combination; "a three-tined fork"

adj. consisting of or divided into sections; "a sectional sofa"; "sectioned plates"

adj. not living together as man and wife; "decided to live apart"; "maintaining separate households"; "they are separated"

adj. "opinions are divided"

adj. divided again after a first division, e.g. of a tract of land, divided into lots

adj. disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"

v. obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"