Definition of bend

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Bend (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

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Boisterous :: Boisterous (a.) Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
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..
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
Stubby :: Stubborn (a.) Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. t.) To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear..
Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To bend; to yield.
Inflex :: Inflex (v. t.) To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
Bend :: Bend (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee..
Perpender :: Perpender (n.) A large stone reaching through a wall so as to appear on both sides of it, and acting as a binder; -- called also perbend, perpend stone, and perpent stone..
Rack :: Rack (a.) An instrument for bending a bow.
Bower :: Bower (v. & n.) One who bows or bends.
Stool :: Stool (n.) A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
Bendwise :: Bendwise (adv.) Diagonally.
Crinkled :: Crinkled (a.) Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag..
Circumnutation :: Circumnutation (n.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants..
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..
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) An opening; a hollow; a bending.
Curvity :: Curvity (n.) The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.
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