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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Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Unbow :: Unbow (v. t.) To unbend.
Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..
Throat :: Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending..
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To bend or curv.
Turn :: Turn (n.) One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander..
Genu :: Genu (n.) The kneelike bend, in the anterior part of the callosum of the brain..
Nod :: Nod (n.) A dropping or bending forward of the upper oart or top of anything.
Apheliotropism :: Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Bulgy :: Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward..
Bend :: Bend (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.
Flexor :: Flexor (n.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor..
Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow..
Cringe :: Cringe (v. t.) To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
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