bend¹ /bend/

1. To force into (or out of) a curved or angled form
2. To curve
3. To bow, turn (the body) downwards
4. To dispose or incline to a point of view
5. To aim or direct (one's attention, etc)
6. To alter or disregard (rules) for one's own purposes
7. To subject (to one's will, etc)
8. To fasten (nautical)
9. To drink hard at (Scot)
10. To subject to tension (obsolete)
11. To brace or bring to tension (obsolete; also figurative)

1. To curve
2. To stoop
3. To bow (down) the body
4. To give way, yield, or show flexibility
5. To turn in a given direction
6. To incline to a point of view
7. To drink hard (Scot)

1. A knot by which a line is tied to another, or to itself after passing through a ring, etc
2. A band, strip
3. A parallel band crossing a shield diagonally from top left to bottom right (a bend-sinˈister a supposed mark of illegitimacy, runs from top right to bottom left; heraldry)
4. An act of bending
5. The state of being bent
6. A bent thing
7. A place of bending
8. A bow or stoop
9. Half a butt of leather cut lengthwise
10. A directing of the eye (Shakespeare)
11. A strengthening band (Spenser)
12. A pull of liquor, or a drinking bout (Scot)

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