bend

Meaning

1. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
2. To become curved.
3. To cause to change direction.
4. To change direction.
5. To be inclined; to direct itself.
6. To stoop.
7. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8. To force to submit.
9. To submit.
10. To apply to a task or purpose.
11. To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
12. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13. To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
14. To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
15. To swing the body when rowing.

curve

yield

make crooked

bend dexter

be crooked

become bent

river bend

become crooked

cause to bend

be bent

lean over

strech

swing about

turning-point

turn off

wrap around

be flexible

break in half

fold back

incline toward

listen carefully

make hooked

stoop down

tie together

twist and turn

yield to

twist up

be daunted

make tense

geologic fold

be swayed by

turn-round

stress

be soft

cut notches

bent down

be curled up

crook back

curve up

roll into a coil

wheel around

turn towards a person

become curved

change state

swing around

flexture

bend over backward

make something curved

persuade or bend

be inclined

bent over

be stretched tight

concentrate on

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛnd/

From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). Related to band, bond.

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