bend

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A bend in a river

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From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *bandijanan (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhendh- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). More at band.

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

  1. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
    If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
    Don’t bend your knees.
  2. (intransitive) To become curved.
    Look at the trees bending in the wind.
  3. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
  4. (intransitive) To change direction.
    The road bends to the right
  5. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
    He bent down to pick up the pieces.
  6. (transitive) To force to submit.
    They bent me to their will.
  7. (intransitive) To submit.
    I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
  8. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
    He bent company's resources to gaining market share.
  9. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
    He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
  10. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
  11. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
    Bend the sail to the yard.
  12. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
    You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
  13. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.

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to shape into a curve
to force or be forced to submit
to tie a line
to change the pitch
to swing the body when rowing
to become curved
to change direction
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[edit] Noun

bend (plural bends)

  1. A curve.
  2. (nautical) Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
  3. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
    • A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
  4. (heraldry) 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.

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curve
knot
decompression sickness
heraldic term
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[edit] References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

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[edit] Kurdish

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bend

  1. slave

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

From English band.

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bȅnd m. (Cyrillic spelling бе̏нд)

  1. band (group of musicians)

[edit] Declension

    declension of bend
singular plural
nominative bȅnd bendovi / bendi
genitive benda bendova / benda
dative bendu bendovima / bendima
accusative bȅnd bendove / bende
vocative bȅnde bendovi / bendi
locative bendu bendovima / bendima
instrumental bendom bendovima / bendima
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