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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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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..

Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..

Genuflection :: Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship..

Strain :: Strain (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it..

Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.

Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.

Peen :: Peen (v. t.) To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge..

Incurvity :: Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column..

Flection :: Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent..

Crook :: Crook (n.) To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Habendum :: Habendum (n.) That part of a deed which follows the part called the premises, and determines the extent of the interest or estate granted; -- so called because it begins with the word Habendum..

Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Bow :: Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility..

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..

Overbow :: Overbow (v. t.) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.

Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.

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

Lozengy :: Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister..

Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..