Definitions for Bend

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Bend bend

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IPA: /bɛnd/

Bend is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in Bend (bden).

Definitions for Bend

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).
6. Heraldry. a diagonal band extending from the dexter chief of an escutcheon to the sinister base. Compare bend sinister. in bend, (of a charge) set diagonally or in a diagonal row.
7. Tanning. half of a trimmed butt or hide.
8. a city in central Oregon.

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 Bend

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 Bend

The city was described by V.S. Naipaul in his 1979 novel A bend in the River as “a place where the future has come and gone.”

Everywhere we see the vine, and with every bend we seem nearer the South.

A compact little group of men rounded the bend and approached.

After acknowledging that there has been a “bend in the curve” and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction.

And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "bend over and take it like a prisoner!"

He rounded a bend of the road, and came full upon a remarkable vision.

“This is the key way to bend the curve,” Powell told The Daily Beast of the mission abroad in a September interview.

Clickbait title notwithstanding, bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!

Here she anchored again, just round a bend of the river, and lay there for the night.

It was fair, and so long that when standing up she could tread on it and bend her head forward.