bend

Definition of Bend in English :

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Noun

1. bend, crook, turn, twist

a circular segment of a curve

Example Sentences:
'a bend in the road'
'a crook in the path'

2. bend, bending

movement that causes the formation of a curve

bending

3. bend, curve

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

curve

4. bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Example Sentences:
'a fold in the napkin'
'a crease in his trousers'
'a plication on her blouse'
'a flexure of the colon'
'a bend of his elbow'

5. bend

a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

6. bend, bend dexter

diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

bend dexter

Verb

7. bend, flex

form a curve

Example Sentences:
'The stick does not bend'

flex

8. bend

change direction

Example Sentences:
'The road bends'

9. bend, deform, flex, turn, twist

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Example Sentences:
'bend the rod'
'twist the dough into a braid'
'the strong man could turn an iron bar'

10. bend, bow, crouch, stoop

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Example Sentences:
'he crouched down'
'She bowed before the Queen'
'The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse'

11. bend, deflect, turn away

turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

12. bend, flex

bend a joint

Example Sentences:
'flex your wrists'
'bend your knees'

flex

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bend

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verbWord forms: bends, bending or bent

to form or cause to form a curve, as by pushing or pulling

to turn or cause to turn from a particular direction

the road bends left past the church

3. (intr; often foll by down, etc)

to incline the body; stoop; bow

to submit or cause to submit

to bend before superior force

5. (transitive)

to turn or direct (one's eyes, steps, attention, etc)

6. (transitive)

to concentrate (the mind); apply oneself closely

7. (transitive) nautical

to attach or fasten, as a sail to a boom or a line to a cleat

8. bend over backwards

9. bend someone's ear

10. bend the rules

noun

11.

a curved part, as in a road or river

12. nautical

a knot or eye in a line for joining it to another or to an object

13.

the act or state of bending

14. round the bend

noun

heraldry

an ordinary consisting of a diagonal line traversing a shield

Bend

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verb transitiveWord forms: bent or ˈbending

1. Obsolete

to cause tension in (a bow, etc.), as by drawing with a string

to force (an object) into a curved or crooked form, or (back) to its original form, by turning, pulling, pressing, etc.

to turn from a straight line

light rays are bent by refraction

to make submit or give in

to bend another's will to one's wishes

to turn or direct (one's eyes, attention, energy, etc. to)

to cause to have a fixed purpose; determine

used in the passive voice

he was bent on success

to incline or tend (to or toward)

8. Nautical

to attach; fasten

to bend a signal flag onto a halyard

verb intransitive

to turn or be turned from a straight line or from some direction or position

10.

to yield by curving or crooking, as from pressure

11.

to crook or curve the body from a standing position; stoop (over or down)

12.

to give in; yield

he bent to her wishes

13. Archaic

to direct one's attention, energy, etc. (to something)

noun

14.

a bending or being bent

15.

a bent or curving part, as of a river

16. Nautical

a wale

usually used in pl.

noun

any of various knots used to tie one rope to another or to something else

2. Tanning

one half of a trimmed hide

noun

Heraldry

a diagonal stripe or band on a shield from the upper left to the lower right corner (as seen by the viewer)

Bend

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v. bent(bĕnt), bend·ing, bends

v. tr.

a. To cause to assume a curved or angular shape: bend a piece of iron into a horseshoe.

b. To bring (a bow, for example) into a state of tension by drawing on a string or line.

c. To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one's own purpose: “Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events” (Robert F. Kennedy).

d. To misrepresent; distort: bend the truth.

e. To relax or make an exception to: bend a rule to allow more members into the club.

2. To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect: Light is bent as it passes through water.

3. To render submissive; subdue: “[His] words so often bewitched crowds and bent them to his will” (W. Bruce Lincoln).

4. To apply (the mind) closely: “The weary naval officer goes to bed at night having bent his brain all day to a scheme of victory” (Jack Beatty).

5. Nautical To fasten: bend a mainsail onto the boom.

v. intr.

a. To deviate from a straight line or position: The lane bends to the right at the bridge.

b. To assume a curved, crooked, or angular form or direction: The saplings bent in the wind.

2. To incline the body; stoop.

3. To make a concession; yield.

4. To apply oneself closely; concentrate: She bent to her task.

a. The act or fact of bending.

b. The state of being bent.

2. Something bent: a bend in the road.

3. Nautical

a. A knot that joins a rope to a rope or another object.

b. bends The thick planks in a ship's side; wales.

4. bends (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Decompression sickness. Used with the.

n.
Heraldry

A band passing from the upper dexter corner of an escutcheon to the lower sinister corner.

A city of central Oregon on the Deschutes River in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Range.

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