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Bends

noun

1.

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure. Synonyms: aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism.

Bend

noun

1.

A circular segment of a curve. Synonyms: crook, turn, twist. "A crook in the path"

2.

Movement that causes the formation of a curve. Synonym: bending.

3.

Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). Synonym: curve.

4.

An angular or rounded shape made by folding. Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication. "A crease in his trousers" , "A plication on her blouse" , "A flexure of the colon" , "A bend of his elbow"

5.

A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.

6.

Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left. Synonym: bend dexter.

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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"Bends" Quotes from Famous Books

... the first fierce storm that assails it bends the young, supple tree with its green budding leaves before its furious blast, so did the first love of Apollo bend low his adoring heart. All day as he held the golden reins of his chariot, until evening when its fiery wheels were cooled in the waters of the western seas, he thought ...

— A Book of Myths • Jean Lang

... has its own method of salutation. In Southern Africa it is the custom to rub toes. In Lapland your friend rubs his nose against yours. The Turk folds his arms upon his breast and bends his head very low. The Moors of Morocco have a somewhat startling mode of salutation. They ride at a gallop toward a stranger, as though they would unhorse him, and when close at hand suddenly check their horse and fire a pistol over the person's head. The Egyptian solicitously asks ...

— Our Deportment - Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society • John H. Young

... is through a valley gradually narrowing for about two miles from Dargai, and at this point it bends for about a mile and a half to a point where the hills drop precipitately into the pass. From this bend the pass was strongly defended, the whole range on the west side being held by the enemy. The ...

— Our Soldiers - Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign • W.H.G. Kingston

... was on the road again. The fort of Manyuen is outside the town, and some little distance beyond it the dry creek bends into the pathway at a point where it is bordered with cactus and overshadowed by a banyan tree. This is said to be the exact spot where ...

— An Australian in China - Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma • George Ernest Morrison

... Italics are pronouns; but that, in the following phrases, they are not pronouns: 'This book is instructive;'—'Some boys are ingenious;'—'My health is declining;'—'Our hearts are deceitful.'"—Murray partly corrected.[523] "And the coast bends again to the northwest, as far as Farout Head."—Geog. cor. "Dr. Webster, and other makers of spelling-books, very improperly write Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and ...

— The Grammar of English Grammars • Goold Brown

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