Definition of bend

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of bend is as below...

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..

Lern More About Bend

Truckle :: Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
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..
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..
Overbow :: Overbow (v. t.) To bend or bow over; to bend in a contrary direction.
Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Peen :: Peen (n.) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation..
Sinuation :: Sinuation (n.) A winding or bending in and out.
Saltirewise :: Saltirewise (adv.) In the manner of a saltire; -- said especially of the blazoning of a shield divided by two lines drawn in the direction of a bend and a bend sinister, and crossing at the center..
Introvert :: Introvert (v. t.) To turn or bend inward.
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
Flexor :: Flexor (n.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; -- opposed to extensor..
Inflection :: Inflection (n.) A bend; a fold; a curve; a turn; a twist.
Couch :: Couch (v. i.) To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch..
Bowingly :: Bowingly (adv.) In a bending manner.
Courb :: Courb (v. i.) To bend; to stop; to bow.
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..
Recurviroster :: Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet..
Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To bend around.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us