Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

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Deflexure :: Deflexure (n.) A bending or turning aside; deflection.
Intorsion :: Intorsion (n.) The bending or twining of any part of a plant toward one side or the other, or in any direction from the vertical..
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..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Falcation :: Falcation (n.) The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle.
Declination :: Declination (n.) The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head..
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey..
Sway :: Sway (v. i.) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp; as, reeds swayed by wind; judgment swayed by passion..
Incurvation :: Incurvation (n.) The act of bowing, or bending the body, in respect or reverence..
Bow :: Bow (n.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
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..
Plash :: Plash (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge..
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..
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
Warp :: Warp (v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects..
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Wring :: Wring (v. t.) To bend or strain out of its position; as, to wring a mast..
Wringbolt :: Wringbolt (n.) A bolt used by shipwrights, to bend and secure the planks against the timbers till they are fastened by bolts, spikes, or treenails; -- not to be confounded with ringbolt..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear..
Kneel :: Kneel (v. i.) To bend the knee; to fall or rest on the knees; -- sometimes with down.
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