Definition of bend

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

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Wind :: Wind (n.) The act of winding or turning; a turn; a bend; a twist; a winding.
Sinuate :: Sinuate (v. i.) To bend or curve in and out; to wind; to turn; to be sinusous.
Label :: Label (n.) A barrulet, or, rarely, a bendlet, with pendants, or points, usually three, especially used as a mark of cadency to distinguish an eldest or only son while his father is still living..
Truckle :: Truckle (v. i.) To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
Scarp :: Scarp (n.) A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter..
Prebendate :: Prebendate (v. t.) To invest with the office of prebendary; to present to a prebend.
Bend :: Bend (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang.
Flexion :: Flexion (n.) The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; -- distinguished from extension.
Bight :: Bight (v.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop..
Reflex :: Reflex (v. t.) To bend back; to turn back.
Subepidermal :: Subendymal (a.) Situated under the endyma.
Genuflect :: Genuflect (v. i.) To bend the knee, as in worship..
Hinge :: Hinge (v. t.) To bend.
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Bending or curving gradually back from the perpendicular.
Retort :: Retort (n.) To bend or curve back; as, a retorted line..
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..
Bow :: Bow (v. t.) To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Sag :: Sag (n.) State of sinking or bending; sagging.
Embattled :: Embattled (a.) Having the edge broken like battlements; -- said of a bearing such as a fess, bend, or the like..
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