bend in English

noun

1

a curve, especially a sharp one, in a road, river, racecourse, or path.

So we finished our trip having traversed the distance along the mountain side, by rail or road, the river echoing the bends and curves with a constant murmur that kept us company.

synonyms: curve, turn, corner, jog, kink, dogleg, oxbow, zigzag, angle, arc, crescent, twist, crook, deviation, deflection, loop, hairpin turn, hairpin

2

a curved or angled part or form of something.

making a bend in the wire

3

a kind of knot used to join two ropes, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.

Even so it is a very secure bend and can put up with a good deal of strain and movement. It can also be used to tie a bend with thin line.

4

decompression sickness, especially in divers.

The disease suffered by divers known as the bends (decompression sickness) is an example of the same phenomenon.

5

an ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

This device of a fountain appears in the arms of the family, where six wells, which form the source of the River Stour appear with a bend on the shield.

verb

1

shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

the rising wind bent the long grass

synonyms: curve, angle, hook, bow, arch, flex, crook, hump, warp, contort, distort, deform

2

(of a person) incline the body downward from the vertical.

he bent down and picked her up

synonyms: stoop, bow, crouch, hunch, lean down/over

3

force or be forced to submit.

they want to bend me to their will

synonyms: mold, shape, manipulate, direct, force, press, influence, incline, sway

4

direct or devote (one's attention or energies) to a task.

Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets

5

attach (a sail or rope) by means of a knot.

sailors were bending sails to the spars

noun

1

a city in central Oregon; population 77,181 (est. 2008).

noun

curve, turn, corner, jog, kink, dogleg, oxbow, zigzag, angle, arc, crescent, twist, crook, deviation, deflection, loop, hairpin turn, hairpin
crook, turn, twist
crimp, crease, flexure, fold, plication
curve
bending

verb

curve, turn, stoop, mold, flex, turn away
curve, angle, hook, bow, arch, flex, crook, hump, warp, contort, distort, deform
turn, curve, incline, swing, veer, deviate, diverge, fork, change course, curl, loop
stoop, bow, crouch, hunch, lean down/over
mold, shape, manipulate, direct, force, press, influence, incline, sway
stoop, crouch, bow
turn, twist, flex, deform
flex
turn away, deflect

Use "bend" in a sentence

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6. Lenses That Bend Light

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9. Coude translate: elbow, bend, elbow

10. Teddy Ballgames, South Bend, Indiana

11. Bend from the waist, thus.

12. Becon (Bend Engineering Consultants) is a full-service consulting firm headquartered in beautiful Bend, Oregon

13. Beamish Cattle Company, Bend, Oregon

14. Tie an anchor bend there.

15. Arica is locatit at the bend o Sooth Americae's wastren coast kent as the Arica Bend

16. While Convex means to bend or protrude outwards, concave is the opposite and means to bend inwards

17. Coude translations: elbow, bend, elbow

18. Bend your knees a bit.

19. I bend time and space.

20. Rockville bend and adjacent points covered.

21. ‎Akimbo is an ancient word, from the bend in the river or the bend in an archer's bow

22. Chickadees Gift Shop, South Bend, Indiana

23. Bend Goods in John Lautner Residence

24. Our fingers bend at the knuckle.

25. Round the bend, out to lunch.

26. Bowknot Bend : SummitPost.org : Climbing, hiking, mountaineering

27. Ankos, a bend, anchor, Ancyroid, lit

28. The river's up around that bend.

29. Bend down and tie your shoelace.

30. Akimbo is an ancient word, from the bend in the river or the bend in an archer's bow

31. Akimbo is an ancient word, from the bend in the river or the bend in an archer's bow

32. Glass and water both bend light.

33. You can bend time and space.

34. She's gone completely round the bend.

35. the next bend... ... and the valley beyond.

36. Let us bend before the venerated sepulcher.

37. Never try to overtake on a bend.

38. Anyway, he drives Kate round the bend.

39. The runners accelerated smoothly round the bend.

40. 2 They stoop and bend down together;

41. It's hard to bend an iron bar.

42. Gaily dared not bend to retrieve it.

43. Buttermonger Stupid design feature? Bend down low

44. Bent (bĕnt), bend·ing, bends v

45. Find me the ones we can bend.

46. He wants me to bend the knee.

47. Not here, but at the next bend.

48. We rounded the bend at high speed.

49. Stick up drivers are round the bend!

50. His attitude drives me round the bend.