Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

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Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To bend.
Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The act of flexing or bending; a turning.
Bow :: Bow (n.) An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility..
Wiggle :: Wiggle (v. t.) To move to and fro with a quick, jerking motion; to bend rapidly, or with a wavering motion, from side to side; to wag; to squirm; to wriggle; as, the dog wiggles his tail; the tadpole wiggles in the water..
Curb :: Curb (v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.
Compass :: Compass (v. t.) To curve; to bend into a circular form.
Warp :: Warp (v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise..
Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To bend; to incline.
Disbend :: Disbend (v. t.) To unbend.
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Incurvity :: Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.
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..
Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.
Bendable :: Bendable (a.) Capable of being bent.
Cacoethes :: Cacoethes (n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing..
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a bent position.
Sagging :: Sagging (n.) A bending or sinking between the ends of a thing, in consequence of its own, or an imposed, weight; an arching downward in the middle, as of a ship after straining. Cf. Hogging..
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