Definitions for bended

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bended bend·ed

Spelling: [ben-did]

IPA: /ˈbɛn dɪd/

Bended is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in bended (bddeen).

Definitions for bended

noun

1. the act of bending.
2. something that bends; curve; crook:
3. Nautical. any of various loops or knots for joining the ends of two ropes or the like, or for joining the end of a rope or the like to some other object.
4. bends, Nautical. thick planking immediately below the waterways of a wooden vessel. the wales of a vessel.
5. the bends, aeroembolism (def 2).

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of bend1 .

Idioms

1. around / round the bend, Slang. insane; crazy:
2. bend / lean / fall over backward, to exert oneself to the utmost; make a serious effort:

verb (used with object)

1. to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form:
2. to direct or turn in a particular direction:
3. to cause to submit or yield:
4. to modify or relax (restrictions, regulations, etc.) temporarily or in certain circumstances:
5. to incline mentally (usually followed by to or toward):
6. to pull back the string of (a bow or the like) in preparation for shooting.
7. Nautical. to fasten.
8. Archaic. to strain or brace tensely (often followed by up).

verb (used without object)

1. to become curved, crooked, or bent:
2. to assume a bent posture; stoop (often followed by over):
3. to turn or incline in a particular direction; be directed:
4. to yield or submit; give in.
5. to bow in submission or reverence:
6. to direct one's energies:

Origin of bended

before 1000; Middle English benden (v.) Old English bendan to bind, bend (a bow); cognate with Middle High German benden, Old Norse benda; akin to Old Norse band band. See Examples for bended

The wind and the rain beat on Minister Malden's bended back.

Some say his mother besought him on her bended knees, but he was clean infatooated.

Commissioner Roger Goodell made Vick come on bended knee to apply for reinstatement.

The barbarians come, not wielding a rubber chicken, but on bended knee with a proffered rose.

And, of course, Hitchcock, to whom the filmmakers practically got down on bended knee.

They could only destroy me; and Ivan, sometimes, upon my bended knees I pray for death.

First you go on your bended knees, and then you say you're quite unworthy of me.'

The closing words were uttered on bended knees, and with uplifted hands.

Or did they expect him to come to them with bowed forehead and bended knee?

Father Petre, on bended knees, seconded these remonstrances.