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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bend"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make something straight become curved or folded
Transitive: to bend a flexible object
to bend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast effortlessly bent her body into a graceful arch during her routine.
āϜāĻŋāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϟ āϤāĻžāϰ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāϰ⧀āϰāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ–āĻŋāϞāĻžāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to become curved or no longer straight
Intransitive
to bend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gymnast's body contorted and bent in astonishing ways during her performance.
03

āύāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž

to move the upper part of the body downward
Intransitive
to bend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I had to bend at the knees to reach the low shelf.
āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒ⧌āρāĻ›āĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻžāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to change direction from an originally linear path
Intransitive: to bend | to bend to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The river bends gently as it winds its way through the valley.
āύāĻĻā§€āϟāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ• āĻ¨ā§‡ā§Ÿ āϝāĻ–āύ āĻāϟāĻŋ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤
05

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž, āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to flex a joint to change its angle
Transitive: to bend a joint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bent his elbows to perform push-ups during his workout routine.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āφāωāϟ āϰ⧁āϟāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āĻļ-āφāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āύ⧁āχ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•, āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāϤāĻž

a curve in a road, river, etc.
bend definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The car approached a sharp bend in the road and slowed down.
āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāρāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻāϞ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

a black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and a strong bill, feeding on oysters and similar shellfish

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Photographers captured a bend probing the sand.
03

the act or movement producing a curve

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Yoga exercises include a forward bend.
04

a segment forming part of a curve, typically circular

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers calculated the bend radius.
05

a diagonal band on a shield running from the upper right corner to the lower left

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Heralds noted a bend across the family shield.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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