Definition of bend

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Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.

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Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal..
Wind :: Wind (v. i.) To have a circular course or direction; to crook; to bend; to meander; as, to wind in and out among trees..
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission..
Bulge :: Bulge (n.) A swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, esp. when caused by pressure; as, a bulge in a wall..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear..
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..
Crankle :: Crankle (v. t.) To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle..
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..
Trap :: Trap (n.) A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids..
Hellbender :: Hellbender (n.) A large North American aquatic salamander (Protonopsis horrida or Menopoma Alleghaniensis). It is very voracious and very tenacious of life. Also called alligator, and water dog..
Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Prone :: Prone (a.) Bending forward; inclined; not erect.
Flexure :: Flexure (n.) A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) A machine formerly used for bending a crossbow by winding it up.
Throat :: Throat (v. t.) To mow, as beans, in a direction against their bending..
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..
Compliant :: Compliant (a.) Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive.
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Bend :: Bend (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
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