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1.VerbTo cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means."If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.; Don’t bend your knees."
2.VerbTo become curved."Look at the trees bending in the wind."
3.VerbTo cause to change direction.
4.VerbTo change direction."The road bends to the right."
5.VerbTo be inclined; to direct itself.
6.VerbTo stoop."He bent down to pick up the pieces."
7.VerbTo bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8.VerbTo force to submit."They bent me to their will."
9.VerbTo submit."I am bending to my desire to eat junk food."
10.VerbTo apply to a task or purpose."He bent the company's resources to gaining market share."
11.VerbTo apply oneself to a task or purpose."He bent to the goal of gaining market share."
12.VerbTo adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13.VerbTo tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast."Bend the sail to the yard."
14.VerbTo smoothly change the pitch of a note."You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure."
15.VerbTo swing the body when rowing.
16.NounA curve."There's a sharp bend in the road ahead."
17.NounAny of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
18.NounA severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness."A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends."
19.NounOne 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.
20.NounTurn; purpose; inclination; ends.
21.NounIn the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
22.NounHard, indurated clay; bind.
23.NounThe thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
24.NounThe frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides."the midship bends"
25.NounA glissando, or glide between one pitch and another, especially one accomplished by bending a string (such as on guitar).