Definition of bend

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Bend (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

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Recurvation :: Recurvation (n.) The act of recurving, or the state of being recurved; a bending or flexure backward..
Fettered :: Fettered (a.) Seeming as if fettered, as the feet of certain animals which bend backward, and appear unfit for walking..
Double :: Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle; to fold one part upon another part of; as, to double the leaf of a book, and the like; to clinch, as the fist; -- often followed by up; as, to double up a sheet of paper or cloth..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
Bulgy :: Bulgy (a.) Bulged; bulging; bending, or tending to bend, outward..
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
Clinch :: Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail..
Bend :: 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..
Spring :: Spring (v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; -- often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar..
Bend :: Bend (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base..
Bender :: Bender (n.) A drunken spree.
Overbend :: Overbend (v. t.) To bend to excess.
Overbend :: Overbend (v. i.) To bend over.
Curvation :: Curvation (n.) The act of bending or crooking.
Cranked :: Cranked (a.) Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle..
Unbending :: Unbending (a.) Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
Apheliotropism :: Apheliotropism (n.) The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
Cottised :: Cottised (a.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess..
Reflect :: Reflect (v.) To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat..
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
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