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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bend

1	v n	form a curve a circular segment of a curve
2	n	diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bend

v form a curve

“The stick does not bend”

Synonyms:: flex

Antonyms:: straighten, unbend
straighten up or out; make straight

Types:: show 17 types...; hide 17 types...; crook, curve
bend or cause to bend; arc, arch, curve
form an arch or curve; incurvate
bend inwards; replicate, retroflex
bend or turn backward; angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip
to incline or bend from a vertical position; bow, crouch, stoop
bend one's back forward from the waist on down; 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; recurve
curve or bend (something) back or down; camber
curve upward in the middle; 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; squinch
crouch down; cower, huddle
crouch or curl up

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

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

“bend the rod”

Synonyms:: deform, flex, turn, twist

Antonyms:: unbend
free from flexure

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

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

Synonyms:: deflect, turn away

Type of:: turn
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

v change direction

“The road bends”

Type of:: turn
change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

v bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Synonyms:: bow, crouch, stoop

Types:: squinch
crouch down; cower, huddle
crouch or curl up

Type of:: flex
form a curve

v bend a joint

“bend your knees”

Synonyms:: flex

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

n a circular segment of a curve

“a bend in the road”

Synonyms:: crook, turn, twist

Types:: bight
a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)

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

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

Synonyms:: curve

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

n movement that causes the formation of a curve

Synonyms:: bending

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

n an angular or rounded shape made by folding

“a bend of his elbow”

Synonyms:: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication

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; 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); 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

Type of:: angular shape, angularity
a shape having one or more sharp angles

n diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

Synonyms:: bend dexter

Type of:: ordinary
(heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

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