fendre
French → English
verb//fɑ̃dʁ//
(physical) To split: to make a body separate into parts or crack open
La trop grande sécheresse finit par fendre la terre.
(English) Excessive drought eventually causes the earth to crack.
Il a gelé à pierre fendre durant toute la nuit.
(English) It froze hard enough to split stones all through the night.
verb//fɑ̃dʁ//
(motion) To push through: to traverse a mass by separating its parts (crowd, water)
Il fallait fendre la foule pour atteindre l'entrée du métro.
(English) One had to push through the crowd to reach the subway entrance.
La frégate fendait la mer pour aller bombarder le port.
(English) The frigate was cutting through the sea to go bombard the port.
Entry ID: fr:en:fendre · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary