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bend English

Meaning bend meaning

What does bend mean?
Definitions in simple English

bend

To change the shape of an object so that it is not straight. The trees were bending in the wind.

bend

A curve. There's a bend in the road up ahead.

bend

form a curve The stick does not bend change direction The road bends (= twist, turn) 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 (= crouch, stoop, bow) 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 (= curve) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) (= crook) a circular segment of a curve a bend in the road a crook in the path (= bending) movement that causes the formation of a curve (= deflect) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left (= flex) bend a joint flex your wrists bend your knees (= fold, crease, plication, flexure) 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

Bend

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

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bend · verb

Examples bend examples

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Simple sentences

Bend down. The ceiling is very low.
I can barely bend my left arm.
I can't bend my right arm.
But you don't want to bend the knees too much.
The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.
Masuo can bend spoons.
Do not bend or fold!
The mod wheel is broken on this synthesizer, but the pitch bend still works.
My jeans are too tight. I can't bend.
Tom can bend spoons with the power of his mind.
My knee hurts when I bend it.
After the accident, he could no longer bend his right knee.
We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.
It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.
Bend your knees.
Witnesses told police that the train was travelling way over the speed limit when it derailed going around a bend.
Look what happens when I bend this branch too much.
Bend it.

Movie subtitles

Because? Evan wouldn't bend the rules to push it through council.
I've just been trying to sing The Lord's My Shepherd and all I could think of was reversing round a side bend.
I can't even bend it.
He can bend.
I invited him along to bend an elbow with us.
Show how sorry will bend over and let white man kick Big Chief where sun never shines.
You tried to bend him to your will. I haven't fought for him.
All bones and no bend.
You take him down below and let him bend on some of your clothes.
Or we might fill faster if our Jonah-catcher. would throw away his hand line and bend on a trawl for once.
Bend! You must learn obedience.
Come on, bend.
If I drop on him that'll bend them out worse.
Never bend your will to another's will.
I hid it in the holler of the big tree at the bend of the trail.
I invited him to bend an elbow with us.
Show how sorry, will bend over and let white man kick Big Chief where sun never shine.
Allow me to bend. I'm a very humble person, Master Copperfield.
I oughta bend every bone in your head. - ls that so?
Mr. Cody, in matters where its sympathies are concerned, the government has been known to bend a little.
Just before you come to a slight bend in the path. We have here a map of Sunset View.
A man. I saw him. Just as I came to the bend in the path.
This bend?
On my back? - Bend!
You tried to bend him to your will.
Bend!
Stagecoach comin' around the bend!
Well, scrunch down on the running board till we get around the bend.
A high school in South Bend, Indiana.
South Bend.
Macaulay Connor of South Bend reporting for duty.
France being ours, we'll bend it to our awe, or lay these bones in an unworthy urn, tombless, with no remembrance over them.
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit to his full height.
It wouldn't break and it wouldn't bend.

News and current affairs

On the surface, at least, the mini-revaluation hardly seems to have compromised China's ability to bend exchange markets to its will.
They couldn't make him bend when, as Governor, he successfully defended the independence of the Bank of France, and they won't make him bend now.
The eurozone must continue to bend, if it is not to break.
He is neither corrupt nor a war criminal, neither aggressive in his utterance and behavior nor likely to bend the law for the sake of personal power.
An administration that has consistently boasted of its willingness to bend (and sometimes break) the law to meet an unprecedented threat has become notorious not for its flexibility, but for its rigidity.
He could browbeat Russia's oligarchs into submission and recast the upper house of the Duma to make it bend to his will because he was universally popular and the other elements of Russia's mostly discredited government knew it.
All of a sudden, issuers had much more influence on the rating agencies, which, like any good seller, were ready to bend a little not to alienate important customers.
People always try to bend systems to their own purposes, and good leaders play a critical role in maintaining their systems' integrity.
Automobile manufacturers still bend steel into vehicles that generally must be powered by petroleum-based fuels.
China already has identified the bend where the Brahmaputra forms the world's longest and deepest canyon - just before entering India - as the diversion point.
Why would the administration continue to bend over backwards to be lenient towards top bankers under these circumstances?
Each member country has had to adapt in its own way, knowing that it could not bend the rules of the game in its own favor.
His conscience would not allow him to bend to Henry's will.

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