Definitions of bend
v. t. - 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.
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v. t. - To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
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v. t. - To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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v. t. - To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
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v. t. - 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.
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v. i. - To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
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v. i. - To jut over; to overhang.
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v. i. - To be inclined; to be directed.
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v. i. - To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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n. - 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.
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n. - Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
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n. - A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
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n. - The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
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n. - Hard, indurated clay; bind.
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n. - same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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n. - A band.
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n. - 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.
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The word "bend" uses 4 letters: B D E N.
No direct anagrams for bend found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after bend (in bold), or to bden in any order:
a - baned l - blend o - boned s - bends y - bendy
Shorter words found within bend:
be bed ben de deb den ed en end ne neb
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