bending

See also: Bending and binding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛndɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

bending

1. present participle and gerund of bend

Noun

bending (plural bendings)

1. A motion or action that bends.

   a bending of the knees

2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

   bendings of the rules

Adjective

bending (comparative more bending, superlative most bending)

1. Capable of being bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking.

   Synonym: flexible

   Antonyms: inflexible, unbending

Translations

motion or action

• Finnish: taivutus (fi)
• French: flexion (fr) f
• Latin: flexus m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bøyning m or f, bøying (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: bøying f

• Polish: zginanie (pl) n

Derived terms

• bendingly
• circuit bending
• genderbending
• genre-bending
• hyperbending
• nonbending
• race-bending
• racebending
• spoonbending
• unbending

Faroese

Etymology

benda +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntɪŋk/

  Rhymes: -ɛntɪŋk

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, plural bendingar)

1. inflection

Declension

f6	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bending	bendingin	bendingar	bendingarnar
accusative	bending	bendingina	bendingar	bendingarnar
dative	bending	bendingini	bendingum	bendingunum
genitive	bendingar	bendingarinnar	bendinga	bendinganna

Derived terms

• ábending
• stigbending

Icelandic

Etymology

From benda +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛntiŋk/

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, nominative plural bendingar)

1. pointing, showing, indicating
2. hint, clue

Declension

Declension of bending (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bending	bendingin	bendingar	bendingarnar
accusative	bendingu	bendinguna	bendingar	bendingarnar
dative	bendingu	bendingunni	bendingum	bendingunum
genitive	bendingar	bendingarinnar	bendinga	bendinganna

Derived terms

• ábending (“comment, tip, advice”)
• frábending (“contraindication”)
• sakbending (“criminal line-up”)
• vísbending (“clue, indication”)