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Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..

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Reclinant :: Reclinant (a.) Bending or leaning backward.

Lout :: Lout (v. i.) To bend; to box; to stoop.

Turning :: Turning (n.) The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander..

Proneness :: Proneness (n.) The quality or state of being prone, or of bending downward; as, the proneness of beasts is opposed to the erectness of man..

Bolt :: Bolt (adv.) In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly.

Recurviroster :: Recurviroster (n.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet..

Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.

Arch :: Arch (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch.

Crincum :: Crincum (n.) A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey.

Antrovert :: Antrovert (v. t.) To bend forward.

Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe.

Lozengy :: Lozengy (a.) Divided into lozenge-shaped compartments, as the field or a bearing, by lines drawn in the direction of the bend sinister..

Perbend :: Perbend (n.) See Perpender.

Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..

Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..

Clinch :: Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts..

Bight :: Bight (v.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin..

Apheliotropism :: Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.

Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..

Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.