Definition of bend

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Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.

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Cottised :: Cottised (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Bendlet :: Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend..
Nod :: Nod (v. t.) To cause to bend.
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
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..
Offset :: Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest; the part thus bent aside..
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..
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..
Hook :: Hook (v. i.) To bend; to curve as a hook.
Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed.
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) A bending; a part bent; a fold.
Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..
Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm..
Incline :: Incline (v. t.) To cause to deviate from a line, position, or direction; to give a leaning, bend, or slope to; as, incline the column or post to the east; incline your head to the right..
Skelp :: Skelp (n.) A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed..
Bender :: Bender (n.) A drunken spree.
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
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