Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

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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..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey..
Unbending :: Unbending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Unben.
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..
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..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Deflect :: Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected..
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Truckle :: Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
Sput :: Spur-winged (a.) Having one or more spurs on the bend of the wings.
Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..
Plica :: Plica (v.) The bend of the wing of a bird.
Bendwise :: Bendwise (adv.) Diagonally.
Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..
Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm..
Unbow :: Unbow (v. t.) To unbend.
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