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 |
bendability | (noun) the property of being easily bent without breaking | Synonyms: pliability |
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bendable | (adjective) capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking | Synonyms: pliable, pliant, waxy |
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benday | (verb) reproduce by the Benday process | - |
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bended | (adjective) used of the back and knees; stooped | Synonyms: bent |
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bender | (noun) revelry in drinking; a merry drinking party | Synonyms: booze-up, carousal, carouse, toot |
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(noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter | Synonyms: breaking ball, curve, curve ball |
(noun) a tool for bending | - |
bending | (noun) the act of bending something | - |
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(noun) the property of being bent or deflected | Synonyms: deflection, deflexion |
(noun) movement that causes the formation of a curve | Synonyms: bend |
bends | (noun) pain resulting from rapid change in pressure | Synonyms: aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism |
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