Definition of bend

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

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Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Bending :: Bending (n.) The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
Bender :: Bender (n.) One who, or that which, bends..
Bender :: Bender (n.) An instrument used for bending.
Serpentize :: Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine..
Baton :: Baton (n.) An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister..
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..
Stereoscopic :: Stereoscope (n.) An optical instrument for giving to pictures the appearance of solid forms, as seen in nature. It combines in one, through a bending of the rays of light, two pictures, taken for the purpose from points of view a little way apart. It is furnished with two eyeglasses, and by refraction or reflection the pictures are superimposed, so as to appear as one to the observer..
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird..
Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Incurvate :: Incurvate (v. t.) To turn from a straight line or course; to bend; to crook.
Bend :: Bend (n.) A band.
Bender :: Bender (n.) A drunken spree.
Recurve :: Recurve (v. t.) To curve in an opposite or unusual direction; to bend back or down.
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..
Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground..
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