bend

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bend
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Meanings
verb
  • shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.
    E.g. the wire has to be bent back tightly
  • (of a person) incline the body downwards from the vertical.
    E.g. she bent down and yanked out the flex
  • force or be forced to submit.
    E.g. they want to bend me to their will
  • direct (one's attention or energies) to a task.
    E.g. Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets
  • attach (a sail or cable) by means of a knot.
    E.g. sailors were bending sails to the spars
noun
  • a curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.
    E.g. the van screeched round a bend
  • a curved or angled part of something.
    E.g. make a bend in the wire
  • a kind of knot used to join two ropes together, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.
  • decompression sickness, especially in divers.
noun
  • an ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

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