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   bend

   /bend/

   verb

   • 1. shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle: "the rising wind bent the long grass" Similar curvecrookmake crookedmake curvedflexanglehookbowarcarchbucklewarpcontortdistortdeformtwistspiralcoilcurlloopOpposite straighten
   • ▪ (of something straight) be shaped or forced into a curve or angle: "the oar bent as Lance heaved angrily at it"
   • ▪ (of a road, river, or path) deviate from a straight line in a specified direction; have a sharply curved course: "the road bent left and then right" Similar turncurveinclineswingveerswervedeviatedivergeforkchange coursetwistsnakewindmeanderzigzagcurllooprare:divagateincurvate
   • 2. (of a person) incline the body downward from the vertical: "I bent over my plate" Similar stoopbowcrouchsquatkneelhunchbend downbend overlean downlean overhunker downbob downduck downinformal:scoochOpposite straighten up
   • ▪ move (a jointed part of the body) to an angled position: "extend your left leg and bend your right"
   • 3. force or be forced to submit: "they want to bend me to their will" Similar moldshapemanipulatedirectforcepressinfluenceinclineswaybiaswarpimpresscompelpersuadesubduesubjugate
   • ▪ interpret or modify (a rule) to suit oneself or somebody else: "we cannot bend the rules, even for Darren"
   • 4. direct or devote (one's attention or energies) to a task: "Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets" Similar directpointaimturntrainsteerset
   • 5. attach (a sail or rope) by means of a knot: "sailors were bending sails to the spars"

   noun

   • 1. a curve, especially a sharp one, in a road, river, racecourse, or path: "the van screeched around a bend"
   • 2. a curved or angled part or form of something: "making a bend in the wire"
   • 3. a kind of knot used to join two ropes, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.
   • 4. decompression sickness, especially in divers.

   Word Origin Old Englishbendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bendable adjective

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   Bend definition: to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form. See examples of BEND used in a sentence.

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   To bend is to curve. You can bend physically, as when you practice yoga, and also figuratively, the way you do when you "bend over backwards," working hard to make something happen, especially on behalf of another person.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the verb bend, which can mean to lean, to force something to change direction, or to change something's shape. See pictures, idioms and phrasal verbs with bend.