Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post..

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Profound :: Profound (a.) Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive; as, a profound bow..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
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..
Sinuate :: Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
Bought :: Bought (n.) A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent..
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Crook :: Crook (v. i.) To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature.
Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope.
Collar :: Collar (n.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured..
Bendwise :: Bendwise (adv.) Diagonally.
Bender :: Bender (n.) An instrument used for bending.
Crankle :: Crankle (n.) A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.
Homomallous :: Homomallous (a.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.
Intend :: Intend (v. t.) To bend or turn; to direct, as one's course or journey..
Spin :: Spin (v. t.) To shape, as malleable sheet metal, into a hollow form, by bending or buckling it by pressing against it with a smooth hand tool or roller while the metal revolves, as in a lathe..
Engouled :: Engouled (a.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything; as, an infant engouled by a serpent; said also of an ordinary, when its two ends to issue from the mouths of lions, or the like; as, a bend engouled..
Prebend :: Prebend (n.) A prebendary.
Lap :: Lap (n.) To fold; to bend and lay over or on something; as, to lap a piece of cloth..
Chapter :: Chapter (n.) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean..
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