bend

bend: 1 bend, verb past tense and past participle bent bent
1 MOVE YOUR BODY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move the top half of your body forwards or downwards
(+ towards/across etc): He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. | bend over (=bend your body at the waist): She was bending over the basin, washing her hair. | bend down (=bend your body at the knees or waist): I bent down to lift the box off the floor.
2 CURVE
a) (T) to push or press something into a curved shape or fold it at an angle: Bend your arms and then stretch them upwards. | bend sth back/away etc: I'll bend the branches back so that you can get through.
b) (I) to be in the shape of a curve or to change to this shape: The wire bent easily.

3 bend the rules to do something that is not normally allowed, but will not cause serious problems, usually in order to help someone else: You should really pay today, but we can bend the rules just this once.

4 bend over backwards (to do sth) to try very hard to be helpful: I've been bending over backwards to get it done on time for them.

5 bend sb's ear spoken to talk to someone, especially about something that is worrying you

6 on bended knee
a) trying very hard to persuade someone to do something: If I go on bended knee to the boss, do you think she'd give me my job back?
b) in a kneeling position

7 bend your mind/efforts/thoughts etc to formal to give all your energy or attention to one activity, plan etc
2 noun (C)
1 a curved part of something, especially a road or river: The taxi swung around the bend at a terrifying speed.
(+ in): a sharp bend in the river
2 an action in which you bend a part of your body: We started the session with a few knee bends to warm up.

3 the bends (plural) a very painful and serious condition that divers get when they come up from under the sea too quickly

4 drive sb round the bend spoken especially BrE to annoy someone

5 be/go round the bend spoken especially BrE to be or become crazy: You must be round the bend to let her treat you like that.

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Synonyms:

Curve, crook, bow, incurvate, flex, make crooked, deflect, draw, Crook deflect, deviate, swerve, diverge, incline, be crooked, be bent, be curved, Curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow, crook, incurvation, turn, turning, arcuation / Direct, turn, incline, Lean, incline, turn, deflect, deviate, diverge, Bight, coil / Exert, apply (earnestly), direct (attentively), Overhang, jut out, jut, beetle / Incline, determine, resolve, set, Bow, stoop, lower or lour, hang low / Subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive, persuade, influence, mould, dispose, bias, Yield, submit, bow, stoop, kneel, give way / Fasten, make fast, Condescend, stoop, deign, be gracious

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Bend — Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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bend*/*/ — [bend] (past tense and past participle bent [bent] ) verb [I/T] I 1) to lean forwards and downwards Helen bent down to pick up her pen.[/ex] Bend over and touch your toes.[/ex] 2) to curve or fold something, or to be curved or folded Use thin… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bend — bend1 [bend] vt. bent, bending [ME benden < OE bendan, to confine with a string (< Gmc * bandjan < * bindan > BIND); hence, to fetter, bend (a bow)] 1. Obs. to cause tension in (a bow, etc.), as by drawing with a string 2. to force… … English World dictionary
Bend — Bend, n. [See {Bend}, v. t., and cf. {Bent}, n.] 1. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. [1913 Webster] 2. Turn; purpose;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bend — ► VERB (past and past part. bent) 1) give or have a curved or angled shape, form, or course. 2) lean or curve the body downwards; stoop. 3) force or be forced to give in. 4) interpret or modify (a rule) to suit oneself. 5) direct (one s attention … English terms dictionary
Bend — Bend, v. i. 1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. [1913 Webster] The green earth s end Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To jut over; to overhang. [1913 Webster] There is … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bend — Bend, n. [AS. bend. See {Band}, and cf. the preceding noun.] 1. A band. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See {Band}.] (Her.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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