bend - Definition | Dictionary definition of bend

Definition of bend

form a curve

"The stick does not bend"

Antonyms:: straighten
straighten up or out; make straight; unbend; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; crook, curve
bend or cause to bend; recurve
curve or bend (something) back or down; arc, arch, curve
form an arch or curve; camber
curve upward in the middle; incurvate
bend inwards; replicate, retroflex
bend or turn backward; angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
to incline or bend from a vertical position; incline, pitch, slope
be at an angle; weather
cause to slope; heel, list
tilt to one side; lean back, recline
move the upper body backwards and down; bend, bow, crouch, stoop
bend one's back forward from the waist on down; squinch
crouch down; cower, huddle
crouch or curl up; double, double over, double up
bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; cower, crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel
show submission or fear; curl, curl up, draw in
shape one's body into a curl

Type of:: change form, change shape, deform
assume a different shape or form

change direction

"The road bends"

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

"bend the rod"

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; dent, indent
make a depression into; incurvate
cause to curve inward; gnarl
twist into a state of deformity; crank
bend into the shape of a crank; convolute, convolve
curl, wind, or twist together

Type of:: change form, change shape, deform
assume a different shape or form

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

bend a joint

"bend your knees"

Type of:: move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

a circular segment of a curve

"a bend in the road"

Type of:: curve, curved shape
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

movement that causes the formation of a curve

Types:: deflection, deflexion, refraction
the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

Type of:: motion, movement
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Types:: blind bend, blind curve
a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving; elbow
a sharp bend in a road or river; hairpin bend
a U-shaped bend in a road

Type of:: section, segment
one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

"a bend of his elbow"

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; plait, pleat
any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape; box pleat
a flat double pleat made by folding under the fabric on either side of it; inverted pleat
a box pleat reversed so that the fullness is turned inward; kick pleat
pleat in back of a straight skirt to allow ease in walking; knife pleat
a single pleat turned in one direction; tuck
a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place; kink, twirl, twist
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight; pucker, ruck
an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth)