Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

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Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
Nod :: Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
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..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To bend.
Decline :: Decline (v. i.) To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
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..
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To bend; to cause to stoop or bow; as, to incline the head or the body in acts of reverence or civility..
Bend :: Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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..
Suppled :: Supple (a.) Bending to the humor of others; flattering; fawning; obsequious.
Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To bend; to yield.
Timber :: Timber (n.) A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united..
Bend :: 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..
Jim-crow :: Jim-crow (n.) A machine for bending or straightening rails.
Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
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