Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road..

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Curl :: Curl (v. i.) To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls..
Cottised :: Cottised (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess..
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..
Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..
Apogeotropic :: Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To lead or direct, and form to a wall or espalier; to form to a proper shape, by bending, lopping, or pruning; as, to train young trees..
Bulgy :: Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward..
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast..
Cranked :: Cranked (a.) Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle..
Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Sag :: Sag (v. t.) To cause to bend or give way; to load.
Bendlet :: Bendlet (n.) A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. t.) To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow..
Rompu :: Rompu (a.) Broken, as an ordinary; cut off, or broken at the top, as a chevron, a bend, or the like..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
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..
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Homomallous :: Homomallous (a.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
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