Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..

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Boughty :: Boughty (a.) Bending.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Bend :: Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
Inwards :: Inwards (a.) Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward..
Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.
Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.
Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Incurved :: Incurved (a.) Bending gradually toward the axis or center, as branches or petals..
Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Falcade :: Falcade (n.) The action of a horse, when he throws himself on his haunches two or three times, bending himself, as it were, in very quick curvets..
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..
Bender :: Bender (n.) A sixpence.
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