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Bend

noun

1.

A circular segment of a curve. Synonyms: crook, turn, twist. "A crook in the path"

2.

Movement that causes the formation of a curve. Synonym: bending.

3.

Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). Synonym: curve.

4.

An angular or rounded shape made by folding. Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication. "A crease in his trousers" , "A plication on her blouse" , "A flexure of the colon" , "A bend of his elbow"

5.

A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.

6.

Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left. Synonym: bend dexter.

verb

(past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)

1.

Form a curve. Synonym: flex. Antonym: straighten.

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" Antonym: unbend.

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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"Bend" Quotes from Famous Books

... executioner, notwithstanding the greatest superiority in my assailants. But the incidents which had befallen me, though they did not change my purpose, induced me to examine over again the means by which it might be effected. The consequence of this revisal was, to determine me to bend my course to the nearest sea-port on the west side of the island, and transport myself to Ireland. I cannot now tell what it was that inclined me to prefer this scheme to that which I had originally formed. Perhaps the latter, which had been for ...

— Caleb Williams - Things As They Are • William Godwin

... I took out over two hundred dollars a day on that other creek last spring—no, a year last spring, it was," he observed reminiscently. "This isn't as good, but it's not to be sneezed at, either. I think I'll make me a rocker. I've sampled this bend quite a lot, and I don't think I can do any better than fly at this ...

— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair

... out of their wits. He had no accidents, partly because he was a very good heady driver, and partly because those whom he encountered were quick witted. One day while touring in the south he came down grade around a bend squarely upon a car ascending. Chuck's car was going too fast to be stopped. He tried desperately to wrench it from the road, but perceived at once that this was impossible without a fatal skid. Fortunately the only turnout for a half mile happened to be just at that ...

— The Killer • Stewart Edward White

... were rounding a bend, and were nearer the shore than usual, a deep, harsh, though distant roar met their ears. Ralph and Ben wondered what it was, but the mate replied ...

— Ralph Granger's Fortunes • William Perry Brown

... furrowed fields is this: that like all brave things they are made straight, and therefore they bend. In everything that bows gracefully there must be an effort at stiffness. Bows arc beautiful when they bend only because they try to remain rigid; and sword-blades can curl like silver ribbons only because they are certain to spring straight again. But the same is true of every tough curve ...

— Alarms and Discursions • G. K. Chesterton

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