ALL meanings of bend
bend
B b - transitive verb bend attach sth 1
- intransitive verb bend cause to submit 1
- verb with object bend to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop. 1
- verb with object bend to direct or turn in a particular direction: to bend one's energies to the task. 1
- verb with object bend to cause to submit or yield: to bend someone to one's will. 1
- verb with object bend to modify or relax (restrictions, regulations, etc.) temporarily or in certain circumstances: to bend the rules. 1
- verb with object bend to incline mentally (usually followed by to or toward): bending his thoughts back toward his childhood. 1
- verb with object bend to pull back the string of (a bow or the like) in preparation for shooting. 1
- verb with object bend Nautical. to fasten. 1
- verb with object bend Archaic. to strain or brace tensely (often followed by up). 1
- verb without object bend to become curved, crooked, or bent: a bow that bends easily. 1
- verb without object bend to assume a bent posture; stoop (often followed by over): to bend as one walks; to bend over and pick up something. 1
- verb without object bend to turn or incline in a particular direction; be directed: The road bent toward the south. 1
- verb without object bend to yield or submit; give in. 1
- verb without object bend to bow in submission or reverence: bending to one's monarch. 1
- verb without object bend to direct one's energies: We bent to our work as the bell sounded. 1
- noun bend a city in central Oregon. 1
- idioms bend around / round the bend, Slang. insane; crazy: These interruptions will send me round the bend! 1
- idioms bend bend / lean / fall over backward, to exert oneself to the utmost; make a serious effort: They bent over backward to make sure their guests were comfortable. 1
- noun bend A curve. 0
- noun bend Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines. 0
- noun bend (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. 0
- noun bend (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third. 0
- noun bend (Obsolete (No longer in use)) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. 0
- noun bend In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt. 0
- noun bend (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind. 0
- noun bend (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them. 0
- noun bend (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To become curved. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) To cause to change direction. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To change direction. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To be inclined; to direct itself. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) (usually with "down") To stoop. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) To force to submit. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To submit. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) To apply to a task or purpose. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) To apply oneself to a task or purpose. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) (nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast. 0
- verb bend (Transitive Verb) (music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note. 0
- verb bend (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To swing the body when rowing. 0