āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to bend
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āύāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to make something straight become curved or folded
Transitive: to bend a flexible object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast effortlessly bent her body into a graceful arch during her routine.
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāύā§āϝāĻžāϏā§āĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻā§āĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰā§āϰāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āύāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to become curved or no longer straight
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast's body contorted and bent in astonishing ways during her performance.
03
āύāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž
to move the upper part of the body downward
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I had to bend at the knees to reach the low shelf.
āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āϤāĻžāĻ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āύāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to change direction from an originally linear path
Intransitive: to bend | to bend to a direction
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river bends gently as it winds its way through the valley.
āύāĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϧā§āϰ⧠āϧā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āύā§ā§ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
05
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž, āύāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to flex a joint to change its angle
Transitive: to bend a joint
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bent his elbows to perform push-ups during his workout routine.
āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻāĻāĻ āϰā§āĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻļ-āĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
01
āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻŦāĻā§āϰāϤāĻž
a curve in a road, river, etc.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car approached a sharp bend in the road and slowed down.
āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϤā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāϞ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Photographers captured a bend probing the sand.
03
the act or movement producing a curve
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yoga exercises include a forward bend.
04
a segment forming part of a curve, typically circular
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers calculated the bend radius.
05
a diagonal band on a shield running from the upper right corner to the lower left
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heralds noted a bend across the family shield.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
bended
bender
bending
bend
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