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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Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
Subepidermal :: Subendymal (a.) Situated under the endyma.
Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..
Inflexure :: Inflexure (n.) An inflection; a bend or fold.
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..
Sinuate :: Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
Bend :: Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base..
Unbending :: Unbending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unben.
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Retroversion :: Retroversion (n.) A turning or bending backward; also, the state of being turned or bent backward; displacement backwards; as, retroversion of the uterus..
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..
Bowingly :: Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bending, or curving..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey..
Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes..
Circumnutation :: Circumnutation (n.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants..
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