movement that causes the formation of a curve

not remaining rigid or straight; " tried to support his weight on a bending cane"

the act of bending something

the property of being bent or deflected

of metal e. g.; " bent nails"; " a car with a crumpled front end"; " dented fenders"

The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.

Of bend.

The exertion of bending over and down- that was too much. – The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation by J. S. Fletcher

After a while Peter said, bending over a little towards the stranger, " If you don't want to make money, what did you come to this land for? – Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland by Olive Schreiner

Bending down, he raised it eagerly. – The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford

Bending gently beside him she murmured, Do not be unhappy, papa. – The Idol of Paris by Sarah Bernhardt

They hurried away to the cook- camp, bending against the rush of the wind. – King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day

Still bending over the lifted foot, she turned her head slowly and looked up; and " Oh!" – The Brass Bowl by Louis Joseph Vance

The sound of happy young voices roused me up; the children were leading him along in triumph; and he was bending down to them, all smiles, but hot and tired with his long journey. – Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

She looked full at Massingbred as she spoke, and, bending down his head, he said, " Had it been your place, it were mine also!" – The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Charles James Lever

This was done with the upper portion of her body bending very far forward. – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers

" It was because the stick caught in the handle," she muttered, bending for the pail. – The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner

He took them in his own, and, bending down, kissed them. – Orientations by William Somerset Maugham

Rick scrambled to hands and knees and saw that Scotty was bending to pick him up. – The Flaming Mountain by Harold Leland Goodwin

He had his hand on hers now, and was bending over, his eyes eager for some answer in her own. – Peter A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero by F. Hopkinson Smith

And then he would wake- to find Mavis bending over him, to hear her saying, " My dearest, you are sleeping on your back, and it is making you dream." – The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

" Charlotte," said Mr Ogilvie in a low voice, bending over her, " Charlotte." – Austin and His Friends by Frederic H. Balfour

" Ay," said Hixon, bending down his head. – The History of Little Peter, the Ship Boy by W.H.G. Kingston

The leader counts ten after the ball leaves his hands and at once passes back the second ball between his feet, the players bending over to pass it along. – Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie H. Bancroft

He hesitated for a moment, and then bending over her, he said: " It is the first, and for your own sake it must be the last, Rosa!" – Cruel As The Grave by Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth

The mother holds her child high in her arms, bending her face over him. – The Madonna in Art by Estelle M. Hurll

" I did not mean to keep anything from you," he said in a low voice, bending to her. – Marcella by Mrs. Humphry Ward