ALL meanings of bend
bend
B b - verb bend When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend. 3
- verb bend When you bend your head, you move your head forwards and downwards. 3
- verb bend When you bend a part of your body such as your arm or leg, or when it bends, you change its position so that it is no longer straight. 3
- verb bend If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it. 3
- verb bend When a road, beam of light, or other long thin thing bends, or when something bends it, it changes direction to form a curve or angle. 3
- countable noun bend A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it. 3
- verb bend If someone bends to your wishes, they believe or do something different, usually when they do not want to. 3
- verb bend If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do. 3
- verb bend If you bend the truth or bend the facts, you say something that is not exactly true. 3
- verb bend to form or cause to form a curve, as by pushing or pulling 3
- verb bend to turn or cause to turn from a particular direction 3
- verb bend to incline the body; stoop; bow 3
- verb bend to submit or cause to submit 3
- verb bend to turn or direct (one's eyes, steps, attention, etc) 3
- verb bend to concentrate (the mind); apply oneself closely 3
- verb bend to attach or fasten, as a sail to a boom or a line to a cleat 3
- noun bend a curved part, as in a road or river 3
- noun bend a knot or eye in a line for joining it to another or to an object 3
- noun bend the act or state of bending 3
- noun bend an ordinary consisting of a diagonal line traversing a shield 3
- verb transitive bend to cause tension in (a bow, etc.), as by drawing with a string 3
- verb transitive bend to force (an object) into a curved or crooked form, or (back) to its original form, by turning, pulling, pressing, etc. 3
- verb transitive bend to turn from a straight line 3
- verb transitive bend to make submit or give in 3
- verb transitive bend to turn or direct (one's eyes, attention, energy, etc. to) 3
- verb transitive bend to cause to have a fixed purpose; determine 3
- verb transitive bend to incline or tend (to or toward) 3
- verb transitive bend to attach; fasten 3
- intransitive verb bend to turn or be turned from a straight line or from some direction or position 3
- intransitive verb bend to yield by curving or crooking, as from pressure 3
- intransitive verb bend to crook or curve the body from a standing position; stoop (over or down) 3
- intransitive verb bend to give in; yield 3
- intransitive verb bend to direct one's attention, energy, etc. (to something) 3
- noun bend a bending or being bent 3
- noun bend a bent or curving part, as of a river 3
- noun bend a wale 3
- noun bend any of various knots used to tie one rope to another or to something else 3
- noun bend one half of a trimmed hide 3
- noun bend a diagonal stripe or band on a shield from the upper left to the lower right corner (as seen by the viewer) 3
- transitive verb bend make curved 1
- intransitive verb bend person: lean down 1
- intransitive verb bend be curved 1
- intransitive verb bend road: curve 1
- noun bend curve in the road 1
- noun bend knot 1
- noun bend act of bending 1
- noun bend type of ordinary 1
- noun plural bend decompression sickness 1
- intransitive verb bend submit to 1
- transitive verb bend direct, turn 1