Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base..

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Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..
Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.
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..
Elbow :: Elbow (n.) The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
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..
Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..
Intension :: Intension (n.) A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained; as, the intension of a musical string..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Genuflection :: Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship..
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..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..
Curve :: Curve (v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right..
Bended :: Bended (imp. & p. p.) of Ben.
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Bend :: 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..
Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Devoted to relaxation or amusement.
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