| backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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| bend | (noun) curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) | Synonyms: curve |
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| (noun) diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left | Synonyms: bend dexter |
| (noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bending |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
| (noun) a circular segment of a curve | Synonyms: crook, turn, twist |
| (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist |
| (verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: flex |
| (verb) form a curve | Synonyms: flex |
| (verb) change direction | - |
| (verb) turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest | Synonyms: deflect, turn away |
| (verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down | Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop |
| prebend | (noun) the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon | - |
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| unbend | (verb) release from mental strain, tension, or formality | - |
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| (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, relax, slow down, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: relax |
| (verb) free from flexure | - |
| (verb) unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay | - |
| (verb) straighten up or out; make straight | Synonyms: straighten |