Definition of bend

"bend" in the noun sense

1. bend, crook, twist, turn

a circular segment of a curve

"a bend in the road"

"a crook in the path"

2. bending, bend

movement that causes the formation of a curve

3. bend, curve

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

4. fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

"a fold in the napkin"

"a crease in his trousers"

"a plication on her blouse"

"a flexure of the colon"

"a bend of his elbow"

5. Bend

a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

6. bend, bend dexter

diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

"bend" in the verb sense

1. bend, flex

form a curve

"The stick does not bend"

2. bend

change direction

"The road bends"

3. flex, bend, deform, twist, turn

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

"bend the rod"

"twist the dough into a braid"

"the strong man could turn an iron bar"

4. crouch, stoop, bend, bow

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

"he crouched down"

"She bowed before the Queen"

"The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

5. deflect, bend, turn away

turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

6. flex, bend

bend a joint

"flex your wrists"

"bend your knees"

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Quotations for bend

Better bend than break. [ Proverb ]

Like the bird be thou,
That for a moment rests
Upon the topmost bough:
He feels the branch to bend
And yet as sweetly sings,
Knowing that he has wings. [ Victor Hugo ]

Best to bend it while a twig. [ Proverb ]

I live for those who love me.
For those who know me true,
For the heavens that bend above me.
And await my spirit too;
For the cause that needs assistance.
For the wrongs that lack resistance,
For the future in the distance.
And the good that I can do. [ Thomas Guthrie ]

The harebells nod as she passes by,
The violet lifts its tender eye.
The ferns bend her steps to greet.
And the mosses creep to her dancing feet; [ Julia C. R. Dorr, Over The Wall ]

Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast.
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. [ Congreve ]

Men are prostrated by misfortune; women bend, but do not break, and martyr-like live on. [ Anna Cora Mowatt ]

Too bad you can't just grab a tree by the very tiptop and bend it clear over the ground and then let her fly, because I bet you'd be amazed at all the stuff that comes flying out. [ Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts ]

Then was I as a tree whose boughs did bend with fruit; but in one night, a storm or robbery, call it what you will, shook down my mellow hangings, nay, my leaves, and left me bare to weather. [ Shakespeare ]

The truths of nature are one eternal change, one infinite variety. There is no bush on the face of the globe exactly like another bush; there are no two trees in the forest whose boughs bend into the same network, nor two leaves on the same tree which could not be told one from the other, nor two waves in the sea exactly alike. [ Ruskin ]

A time will come when the science of destruction shall bend before the arts of peace; when the genius which multiplies our powers, which creates new products, which diffuses comfort and happiness among the great mass of the people, shall occupy in the general estimation of mankind that rank which reason and commonsense now assign to it. [ Arago ]

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Word Growth involving bend

Shorter words in bend

be ben

en ben

en end

Longer words containing bend

albendazole albendazoles

albendazolum

backbend backbended

backbend backbender backbenders

backbend backbending

backbend backbends

bendable unbendable

bended backbended

bended unbended

bender backbender backbenders

bender benders backbenders

bendier

bendiest

bending backbending

bending nonbending

bending unbending unbendingly

bending unbending unbendingness

bendlet bendlets

bends backbends

bends prebends

bends unbends

bendy

fenbendazole

mebendazole mebendazoles

parbendazole

prebend prebendal

prebend prebendaries

prebend prebendary

prebend prebends

subendocardial

subendorse subendorsed

subendorse subendorsement subendorsements

subendorse subendorses

subendorsing

subendothelial

thiabendazole thiabendazoles

triclabendazole triclabendazoles

unbend unbendable

unbend unbended

unbend unbending unbendingly

unbend unbending unbendingness

unbend unbends