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Bending   /bˈɛndɪŋ/   Listen
Bending

noun
1.
Movement that causes the formation of a curve.  Synonym: bend.
2.
The property of being bent or deflected.  Synonyms: deflection, deflexion.
3.
The act of bending something.


Bend

verb
(past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)
1.
Form a curve.  Synonym: flex.  Antonym: straighten.
2.
Change direction.
3.
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form.  Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist.  "Twist the dough into a braid" , "The strong man could turn an iron bar"  Antonym: unbend.
4.
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.  Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop.  "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
5.
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest.  Synonyms: deflect, turn away.
6.
Bend a joint.  Synonym: flex.  "Bend your knees"



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"Bending" Quotes from Famous Books



... make us look up and recognize the love and the care around us. What a poor thing for the little baby would it be if it were to be constantly tended thus tenderly and preciously by its mother, but if it were never to open its eyes to look up and see her mother's face bending over it. A poor thing all its tending would be without that. It is for that that the other exists; it is by that that the other comes. To recognize and know this loving-kindness, and to stand up in it strong and glad; this is the ministration of God unto us. Do you ever think "I could ...
— A Dish Of Orts • George MacDonald
... at length replied, with enthusiasm, presenting me his hand, and bending one knee to the ground: "I shall be faithful to ...
— Adventures in the Philippine Islands • Paul P. de La Gironiere
... the king with solemn steps, and bending forward, he thrust his forefinger into the foam in the golden cup and passed it lightly across the king's chin. He then drew forth the golden razor from his belt. But before opening it, he raised his eyes ...
— Frederick The Great and His Family • L. Muhlbach
... very much like it, and we had not travelled one hundred feet before we became fully impressed with the necessity for carefully marking our route if we had the slightest desire to find our way back again. This task was intrusted to me, and I accomplished it by cutting a twig half through, and then bending it downwards until a long light strip of the inner wood was exposed. This I did at distances of about a yard apart all along our route, whilst the skipper and Smellie went ahead and forced a passage for the party through the ...
— The Congo Rovers - A Story of the Slave Squadron • Harry Collingwood
... would not get on to my plate," said she, bending down her face to hide it, for she began to feel ashamed. "But ...
— Dick and His Cat and Other Tales • Various


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