vverb.motionform a curveSynset:bend flex
Antonyms:straighten
Derivationally Related Form:bendflexurebenderbendable
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:bendchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:anglearcarchbendbowcowercrawlcreepcringecrookcrouchcurlcurl upcurvedoubledouble overdouble updraw infawngrovelincurvateleanreplicateretroflexslantstooptilttip
Full Troponyms:archascendcamberclimbcrookcrouchcurl updipdouble overfallfall backfawnhuddleincurvateleanlean backlistrecurveretroflexslopesquinchstoopweather
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | The glass tubes --- (apply to: bend, flex)
vverb.motionchange directionDerivationally Related Form:bendbender
Hypernyms:turn
Inherited Hypernyms:bendturnmove
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP
vverb.contactcause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular formSynset:bend deform flex turn twist
Examples:- bend the rod
- twist the dough into a braid
- the strong man could turn an iron bar
Antonyms:unbend
Derivationally Related Form:bendflexibledeformationbenderbendable
Hypernyms:change form change shape deform
Inherited Hypernyms:flexchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:convoluteconvolvecrankdentgnarlincurvateindent
Full Troponyms:convolvecrankgnarlincurvateindent
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Something ---s something | They --- the glass tubes (apply to: bend, deform)
vverb.motionbend one's back forward from the waist on downSynset:bend bow crouch stoop
Examples:- he crouched down
- She bowed before the Queen
- The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Derivationally Related Form:bowstoopcrouchstooper
Hypernyms:bend flex
Inherited Hypernyms:crouchbendchange shapechange
Direct Hyponyms:cowerhuddlesquinch
Entailment:change posture
Full Troponyms:huddlesquinch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionturn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interestSynset:bend deflect turn away
Derivationally Related Form:deflectordeflexiondeflection
Hypernyms:turn
Inherited Hypernyms:deflectturnmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.contactbend a jointSynset:bend flex
Examples:- flex your wrists
- bend your knees
Derivationally Related Form:flexure
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:flexmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allused of the back and knees; stoopedSynset:bent
Examples:- on bended knee
- with bent (or bended) back
Antonyms:erect
Inherited Hypernyms:bended
Similar to:unerect