UNBEND
\ʌnbˈɛnd], \ʌnbˈɛnd], \ʌ_n_b_ˈɛ_n_d]\
Definitions of UNBEND
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 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
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straighten up or out; make straight
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unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
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free from flexure; "unbend a bow"
By Princeton University
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straighten up or out; make straight
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free from flexure, as of a bow
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unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
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A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
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To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
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To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
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To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
By Oddity Software
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To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
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A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
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To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
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To cast loose or untie, as a rope.
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To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.
By Noah Webster.
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To straighten: to relieve from a crooked position or a strain.
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To become straight; to relax; hence, to become friendly.
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Unbent.
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Unbending.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To free from being in a bent state: to make straight: to free from strain or exertion: to set at ease.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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To free from flexure: to make straight; to relax; to take the sails from their yards and stays; to untie one rope from another; to cast loose, as a cable.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To become unbent; to relax; to make straight; to set at ease for a time; among seapnen, to take the sails from the yards and stays; to cast loose, as a cable from an anchor; to untie one rope from another.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
