Definition of bend

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Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

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Nod :: Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
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..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..
Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
Bending :: Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
Plashing :: Plashing (n.) The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges..
Pliers :: Pliers (n. pl.) A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the parts of a watch, etc..
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) An apparatus resembling a winch or windlass, for bending the bow of an arblast, or crossbow..
Trend :: Trend (v. t.) To cause to turn; to bend.
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..
Menopome :: Menopome (n.) The hellbender.
Compliable :: Compliable (a.) Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..
Genuflection :: Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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