Definition of bend

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

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Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm..
Curve :: Curve (a.) To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted..
Sny :: Sny (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.
Apogeotropic :: Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc..
Camber :: Camber (v. t.) To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve..
Nyctitropic :: Nyctitropic (a.) Turning or bending at night into special positions.
Courtesy :: Courtesy (n.) An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees..
Curve :: Curve (v. i.) To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right..
Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To bend around.
Nod :: Nod (v. i.) To bend or incline the upper part, with a quick motion; as, nodding plumes..
Sinuosity :: Sinuosity (n.) A bend, or a series of bends and turns; a winding, or a series of windings; a wave line; a curve..
Flection :: Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..
Synclinal :: Synclastic (a.) Curved toward the same side in all directions; -- said of surfaces which in all directions around any point bend away from a tangent plane toward the same side, as the surface of a sphere; -- opposed to anticlastic..
Crinkle :: Crinkle (v. i.) To turn or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved..
Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Eye-splice :: Eye-splice (n.) A splice formed by bending a rope's end back, and fastening it into the rope, forming a loop or eye. See Illust. under Splice..
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