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Bending   /bˈɛndɪŋ/   Listen
Bending

noun
1.
Movement that causes the formation of a curve.  Synonym: bend.
2.
The property of being bent or deflected.  Synonyms: deflection, deflexion.
3.
The act of bending something.


Bend

verb
(past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)
1.
Form a curve.  Synonym: flex.
2.
Change direction.
3.
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.  Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist.  "Twist the dough into a braid" , "The strong man could turn an iron bar"
4.
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.  Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop.  "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
5.
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest.  Synonyms: deflect, turn away.
6.
Bend a joint.  Synonym: flex.  "Bend your knees"



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"Bending" Quotes from Famous Books



... down between two rows of turnips and presently butted into a lad who was bending over, I suppose to pick up a partridge. At any rate his tail—"do you call ...
— The Mahatma and the Hare • H. Rider Haggard
... to hear it!" said Edward, with a face of deep concern, advancing to the wounded Knight, bending over him, and taking his hand, "How fares it with you, ...
— The Lances of Lynwood • Charlotte M. Yonge
... the fall of Rome mean, and what are its relations to this Empire of Britain? In an earlier lecture I illustrated my conception of the Rome of the fifth century in the similitude of a Goth bending over a dead Roman, and by the flare of a torch seeking to read on the still brow the secret of his own destiny. Rome does not die there. Her genius lives on in the Gothic race, deep, penetrating, and all-informing, and in the ...
— The Origins and Destiny of Imperial Britain - Nineteenth Century Europe • J. A. Cramb
... along the shell path, and there came unbidden to my mind the garden at Temple Bow, where she had once been wont to sit, tormenting Mr. Mason or bending to the tale of Harry Riddle's love. Little she cared for flowers in those days, and now they had become her life. With such thoughts in my mind, I listened unheeding to her talk. The place was formerly occupied by a shiftless fellow, ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... him, unable to extricate himself. In a flash the Arab Chief was on his feet, and with a tremendous effort pulled the dead animal clear of his follower's crushed and quivering limbs. Slipping an arm about him he raised him gently, and bending low to catch the faint words he could scarcely hear, held him until the fluttering whisper trailed into silence, and with a convulsive shudder the man died in ...
— The Shadow of the East • E. M. Hull


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