Definition of bend

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Bend (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor..

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Malanders :: Malanders (n. pl.) A scurfy eruption in the bend of the knee of the fore leg of a horse. See Sallenders.
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..
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..
Nod :: Nod (v. t.) To cause to bend.
Inflect :: Inflect (v. t.) To turn from a direct line or course; to bend; to incline, to deflect; to curve; to bow..
Dumple :: Dumple (v. t.) To make dumpy; to fold, or bend, as one part over another..
Flag :: Flag (v. i.) To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp..
Profound :: Profound (a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow..
Genuflect :: Genuflect (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship..
Bight :: Bight (v.) A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow..
Set :: Set (n.) Permanent change of figure in consequence of excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.; as, the set of a spring..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning..
Wind :: Wind (v. t.) To have complete control over; to turn and bend at one's pleasure; to vary or alter or will; to regulate; to govern.
Juke :: Juke (v. i.) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To yield; to submit; to bend, as by compulsion; to assume a position of humility or subjection..
Heeltool :: Heeltool (n.) A tool used by turners in metal, having a bend forming a heel near the cutting end..
Embow :: Embow (v. t.) To bend like a bow; to curve.
Cottised :: Cottised (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess..
Crankle :: Crankle (v. i.) To bend, turn, or wind..
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