Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

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Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A prebendary.
Nod :: Nod (v. t.) To incline or bend, as the head or top; to make a motion of assent, of salutation, or of drowsiness with; as, to nod the head..
Verge :: Verge (v. i.) To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
Reflexive :: Reflexive (a.) Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To cut out, bend, or indent, as paper, sheet metal, etc., into various forms, by a blow or suddenly applied pressure with a stamp or die, etc.; to mint; to coin..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Buckle :: Buckle (v. i.) To bend out of a true vertical plane, as a wall..
Circumbendibus :: Circumbendibus (n.) A roundabout or indirect way.
Deflect :: Deflect (v. t.) To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected..
Lean :: Lean (v. i.) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating; as, she leaned out at the window; a leaning column..
Retire :: Retire (v. i.) To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs..
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) A short bend, slope, or curve, where a hand rail or cap changes its direction..
Genuflection :: Genuflection (n.) The act of bending the knee, particularly in worship..
Dumple :: Dumple (v. t.) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another..
Truckle :: Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
Oxbow :: Oxbow (n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.
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