bend

Words with a similar base: bend, bend_dexter, bending

'bend'

[bend.n.01] as in: a circular segment of a curve

Examples:
a bend in the road
a crook in the path

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, criminal, crook, crook, turn, construction, device, spin, wrench, kink, eddy, twist, braid, twist, wind, twist, writhe, twist, twist, twist, wind, twist, wrench, twist, twist, turn, turn, turning, turn, go, turn, act, turn, turn, turn, change_state, become, turn, change_by_reversal, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, plow, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, call_on, sour, turn

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, criminal, crook, crook

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curve, entity

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bight

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arch, bend, bending, braid, construction, crook, crouch, curl, curvature, curve, deflect, device, eddy, flex, fold, kink, spin, strain, swerve, tense, turn, twist, wind, wrench, writhe

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'bend'

[bending.n.01] as in: movement that causes the formation of a curve

bending, deflection, bending, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, bend, bend, fold, bend, bend

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movement, entity

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deflection

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bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, fold, strain, tense

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'bend'

[bend.n.03] as in: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, curve, curve, curve, curvature, swerve, wind, arch, crook, curl

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, curvy, bosomy, curve, curve, curve, curvature, swerve, wind, arch, crook, curl

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section, entity

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blind_curve, elbow, hairpin_bend

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road

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river

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arch, bend, bending, crook, crouch, curl, curvature, curve, deflect, flex, fold, strain, swerve, tense, wind

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'bend'

[fold.n.01] as in: an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Examples:
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

fold, congregation, fold, flock, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, close_up, pen_up, fold, wrinkle, kris, wrinkle, furrow, graze, rumple, plication, flexure, flexion, crimp, crimp, crimp, crimp, bend, bending, bend, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex

fold, congregation, fold, flock, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, close_up, pen_up, fold, pleat, flex, flex, flex, bend, flex, flex, crimp, crimp, crimp, crimp, bend, bending, bend, bend, bend, bend, crouch, deflect

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angular_shape, entity

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kink, pucker, pleat

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airless, bend, bending, cheeseparing, close, close_up, closed, conclude, conclusion, congregation, covert, crouch, deflect, exclude, finale, flex, flexion, flexure, flock, fold, inflection, near, pen_up, screen, shut, stopping_point, strain, tense, unreceptive

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'bend'

[bend.n.05] as in: a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex

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town, entity

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oregon

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bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, fold, strain, tense

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'bend'

[bend.n.06] as in: diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex

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ordinary, entity

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bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, fold, strain, tense

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'bend'

[bend.v.01] as in: form a curve

Examples:
The stick does not bend

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, flex, flex, flex

bendable, bender, carouse, curve, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, flexure, flexion

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straighten, straighten, straighten, tidy, roll_out, straighten

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change_shape, change

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lean, curl_up, retroflex, double_over, fawn, crook, incurvate, crouch, arch

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, change, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, exchange, flex, flexion, flexure, fold, go, inflection, leave, motion, motivate, move, relax, roll_out, sidetrack, straighten, strain, switch, tense, tidy, transfer, travel, unbend, variety

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'bend'

[bend.v.02] as in: change direction

Examples:
The road bends

bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex

bender, carouse, curve, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex

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turn, move

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, fold, go, motion, motivate, move, strain, tense, travel

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'bend'

[flex.v.05] as in: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Examples:
bend the rod
twist the dough into a braid
the strong man could turn an iron bar

flex, flex, flex, bend, flex, flex, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, crouch, deflect, deform, contort, deform, deform, change_shape, turn, construction, device, spin, wrench, kink, eddy, twist, braid, twist, wind, twist, writhe, twist, twist, twist, wind, twist, wrench, twist, twist, turn, turn, turning, turn, go, turn, act, turn, turn, turn, change_state, become, turn, change_by_reversal, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, plow, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, turn, call_on, sour, turn

flexible, flexible, elastic, flexible, compromising, bendable, bender, carouse, curve, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, deflect, flex, distortion, deformation, contortion

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straighten, unbend, unbend, relax, relax, unbend

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change_shape, change

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convolve, indent, crank, incurvate, gnarl

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, braid, change, compromise, compromising, construction, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, device, eddy, elastic, exchange, flex, flexible, fold, go, kink, lax, leave, loosen, motion, motivate, move, relax, relaxed, roll_out, sidetrack, slack, spin, straighten, strain, switch, tense, tidy, transfer, travel, turn, twist, unbend, variety, wind, wrench, writhe

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'bend'

[crouch.v.01] as in: bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Examples:
he crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse

crouch, crouch, squat, stoop, stoup, stoop, condescend, stoop, stoop, stoop, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, deflect, flex, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, submit, bow, bow

crouch, crouch, squat, stoop, stoup, stoop, condescend, stoop, stoop, stoop, stooper, stooper, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, bow, submit, bow, bow

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bend, change

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squinch, huddle

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, change, crouch, deepen, deflect, depart, deviate, exchange, flex, fold, go, leave, motion, motivate, move, sidetrack, strain, switch, tense, transfer, travel, variety

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'bend'

[deflect.v.02] as in: turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

debar, deflect, deflect, distract, parry, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, bend, flex, crouch, flex, turn_away, reject, avert

deflection, deflection, deflection, diversion, deflection, deflector

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turn, move

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act, affect, bar, be_active, bend, bending, crouch, cull, deflect, deny, disapprove, eject, exclude, flex, fold, go, motion, motivate, move, refuse, reject, resist, rule_out, strain, tense, travel, traverse

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'bend'

[flex.v.04] as in: bend a joint

Examples:
flex your wrists
bend your knees

flex, flex, flex, bend, flex, flex, bend, bending, bend, fold, bend, bend, bend, crouch, deflect

flexure, fold, flexion

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move

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act, affect, be_active, bend, bending, crouch, deflect, flex, flexion, flexure, fold, go, inflection, motion, motivate, move, strain, tense, travel

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Origins

					bend (English)
└── benden (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── bendan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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