BEND

bend, curve

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

bend, bend dexter

(noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

bending, bend

(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve

Bend

(noun) a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

bend, crook, twist, turn

(noun) a circular segment of a curve; “a bend in the road”; “a crook in the path”

fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend

(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding; “a fold in the napkin”; “a crease in his trousers”; “a plication on her blouse”; “a flexure of the colon”; “a bend of his elbow”

flex, bend, deform, twist, turn

(verb) cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; “bend the rod”; “twist the dough into a braid”; “the strong man could turn an iron bar”

flex, bend

(verb) bend a joint; “flex your wrists”; “bend your knees”

bend

(verb) change direction; “The road bends”

deflect, bend, turn away

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

bend, flex

(verb) form a curve; “The stick does not bend”

crouch, stoop, bend, bow

(verb) bend one’s back forward from the waist on down; “he crouched down”; “She bowed before the Queen”; “The young man stooped to pick up the girl’s purse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Most places get their name from bends in rivers.

Proper noun

Bend

A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line.

A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.

An unincorporated community in Maries County, Missouri, United States.

A city, the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.

An unincorporated community in Meade County, South Dakota, United States.

An unincorporated community in Lampasas County and San Saba County, Texas, United States.

A surname.

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• D. Neb.

Etymology

Verb

bend (third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle (archaic) bended or bent)

(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.

(intransitive) To become curved.

(transitive) To cause to change direction.

(intransitive) To change direction.

(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.

(intransitive, usually, with "down") To stoop.

(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

(transitive) To force to submit.

(intransitive) To submit.

(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.

(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.

(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.

(transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

(transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.

(intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.

Noun

bend (plural bends)

A curve.

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

(in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.

(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.

(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.

(nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.

(nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.

(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

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• D. Neb.

Source: Wiktionary

Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] Etym: [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.]

1. 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.

2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. Sir W. Scott.

3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. Pope.

4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." Shak.

5. (Naut.)

Definition: To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. Camden.

Syn.

– To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.

Bend, v. i.

1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend. Milton.

2. To jut over; to overhang. There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep. Shak.

3. To be inclined; to be directed. To whom our vows and wished bend. Milton.

4. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. While each to his great Father bends. Coleridge.

Bend, n. Etym: [See Bend, v. t., and cf. Bent, n.]

1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

2. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.] Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. Fletcher.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. Totten.

4. (Leather Trade)

Definition: The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

5. (Mining)

Definition: Hard, indurated clay; bind. Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship bend.

Bend, n. Etym: [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.]

1. A band. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Etym: [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.)

Definition: One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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