Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind..

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Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Ply :: Ply (v. t.) To bend.
Overbend :: Overbend (v. i.) To bend over.
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
Curb :: Curb (v. t.) To bend or curv.
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..
Bowingly :: Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.
Bow :: Bow (v. i.) To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down..
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..
Deflect :: Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected..
Corrugate :: Corrugate (v. t.) To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead..
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..
Introvert :: Introvert (v. t.) To turn or bend inward.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Apogeotropic :: Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc..
Deflection :: Deflection (n.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch..
Droop :: Droop (v. i.) To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like..
Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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