BEND
\bˈɛnd], \bˈɛnd], \b_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of BEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
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a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
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change direction; "The road bends"
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turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
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cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
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bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"
By Princeton University
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diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
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a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
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cause to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
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change direction; "The road bends"
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turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
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To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
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To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
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To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
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To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
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To jut over; to overhang.
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To be inclined; to be directed.
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To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
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Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
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A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
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The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
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Hard, indurated clay; bind.
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same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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A band.
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One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
By Oddity Software
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To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
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To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
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To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
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To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
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To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
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To jut over; to overhang.
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To be inclined; to be directed.
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To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
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Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
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A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
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The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
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Hard, indurated clay; bind.
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same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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A band.
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One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
By Noah Webster.
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To curve or make crooked; move or turn aside out of a straight line; direct to a certain point; cause to yield; fasten.
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To be or to become curved or crooked; be turned towards; bow or be submissive.
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A curve; a turn; a crook.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To curve or bow: make crooked: to turn or incline: to subdue.
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To be crooked or curved: to lean: to bow in submission:-pa.p. bended or bent.
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A curve or crook.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To curve; crook; deflect; direct; apply.
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To become curved or deflected.
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To yield; submit; devote oneself.
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To overhang.
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A curve or crook; a bending; a loop or knot.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A curve; a turn in a road or river; a particular kind of knot made by seamen; an honourable ordinary, supposed to represent a shoulder-belt or scarf, formed by lines drawn from the dexter corner to the sinister base, and containing a third part of the field when charged, and a fifth when plain. To bend the brow, to knit the brow; to frown. Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more commonly called wales. The bend sinister, drawn from the sinister corner to the dexter base, denotes illegitimacy.
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To make crooked, or to curve; to direct to a certain point, as one's course; to apply closely; to incline; to be determined; to subdue; to fasten by a knot.
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To be crooked or incurvated; to incline; to lean or turn; to jut over; to be prone to; to bow; submissive.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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