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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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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..

Elbow :: Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.

Serpentize :: Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine..

Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.

Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.

Bending :: Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.

Lout :: Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.

Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..

Boughty :: Boughty (a.) Bending.

Prebendaryship :: Prebendaryship (n.) The office of a prebendary.

Avoset :: Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana..

Elbow :: Elbow (v. i.) To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.

Jim-crow :: Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.

Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.

Truckle :: Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.

Bend :: Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..

Lap :: Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth..