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Entry 4 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Sunder

/sŭn'-dẽr/ · Sun·der · IPA /ˈsʌndɚ/
01 v. t. To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever;…
imp. & p. p. Sundered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sundering
  1. 1.
    To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends.
    “It is sundered from the main land by a sandy plain.” — Carew.
02 v. i. To part; to separate.
  1. 1.
    To part; to separate.[R.]
03 n. A separation into parts; a division or severance.
  1. 1.
    A separation into parts; a division or severance.
Phrases & compounds
In sunder — into parts.
04 v. t. To expose to the sun and wind.
  1. 1.
    To expose to the sun and wind.[Prov. Eng.]