Definition of bend

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Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.

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Ribbon :: Ribbon (n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide..
Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Bender :: Bender (n.) A sixpence.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..
Recurviroster :: Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet..
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) A winding, bending, or twisting..
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Avoset :: Avoset (n.) A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is R. Americana..
Bendlet :: Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend..
Bend :: Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind..
Seal :: Seal (n.) An arrangement for preventing the entrance or return of gas or air into a pipe, by which the open end of the pipe dips beneath the surface of water or other liquid, or a deep bend or sag in the pipe is filled with the liquid; a draintrap..
Debruised :: Debruised (a.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..
Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Apheliotropism :: Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
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