bend over

English

Verb

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

1. To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.

Translations

to bend one's upper body forward

Azeri: əyilmək (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 俯身 (zh) (fǔshēn) Dutch: bukken (nl) Finnish: kumartua (fi) French: se pencher (fr)

German: sich bücken (de) Japanese: 身をかがめる (ja) (みをかがめる, mi-o kagameru) Russian: наклоняться (ru) (naklonját'sja) impf., наклониться (ru) (naklonít'sja) pf., нагибаться (ru) (nagibát'sja) impf., нагнуться (ru) (nagnút'sja) pf. Spanish: agacharse (es) Turkish: eğilmek (tr)

Synonyms

• stoop

Derived terms

• bend over backwards