Definition of bending

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Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ben.

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Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like..
Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..
Bending :: Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Twist :: Twist (n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.
Intention :: Intention (n.) A stretching or bending of the mind toward of the mind toward an object; closeness of application; fixedness of attention; earnestness.
Bending :: Bending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ben.
Apogeotropic :: Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bending, or curving..
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Set :: Set (n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set..
Devex :: Devex (a.) Bending down; sloping.
Skelp :: Skelp (n.) A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed..
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Homomallous :: Homomallous (a.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
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