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bend1 /bend/ transitive verb (pat and pap bent; also bendˈed)- To force into (or out of) a curved or angled form
- To curve
- To bow, turn (the body) downwards
- To dispose or incline to a point of view
- To aim or direct (one's attention, etc)
- To alter or disregard (rules) for one's own purposes
- To subject (to one's will, etc)
- To fasten (nautical)
- To drink hard at (Scot)
- To subject to tension (obsolete)
- To brace or bring to tension (obsolete; also figurative)
intransitive verb- To curve
- To stoop
- To bow (down) the body
- To give way, yield, or show flexibility
- To turn in a given direction
- To incline to a point of view
- To drink hard (Scot)
noun- A knot by which a line is tied to another, or to itself after passing through a ring, etc
- A band, strip
- 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)
- An act of bending
- The state of being bent
- A bent thing
- A place of bending
- A bow or stoop
- Half a butt of leather cut lengthwise
- A directing of the eye (Shakespeare)
- A strengthening band (Spenser)
- A pull of liquor, or a drinking bout (Scot)
ORIGIN: OE bendan to constrain, bind, fetter, string (as a bow), bend bond, fetter bendˈable adjective bendˈed adjective (only in on bended knee) bendˈee adjective (heraldry) Bendy bendˈer noun - A person or machine which bends
- A (drunken) spree (slang)
- A male homosexual (slang)
- A temporary shelter consisting of a shell of woven branches covered with tarpaulins or plastic sheeting (informal)
- A sixpence (obs sl)
- A thing very large or fine of its kind (dialect)
bendˈing noun and adjective bendˈingly adverb bendˈlet noun (heraldry) A half-width bend bendˈwise adverb (heraldry) Diagonally bendˈy adjective - Divided into bends (heraldry)
- Full of or characterized by curves or bends
- Flexible (informal)
bent noun and adjective see bent1 bend-sinˈister noun See above bentˈwood noun Wood artificially curved for chair-making, etc (also adjective) bend over backwards see under back1 round the bend (informal) Crazy, mad the bends - Decompression sickness, also known as caisson disease
- Aeroembolism
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