'Bend' definitions:

Definition of 'bend'

(from WordNet)
noun
A circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path" [syn: bend, crook, twist, turn]
noun
Movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend]
noun
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.) [syn: bend, curve]
noun
An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow" [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend]
noun
A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
noun
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left [syn: bend, bend dexter]
verb
Form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: bend, flex] [ant: straighten, unbend]
verb
Change direction; "The road bends"
verb
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" [syn: flex, bend, deform, twist, turn] [ant: unbend]
verb
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend, bow]
verb
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest [syn: deflect, bend, turn away]
verb
Bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn: flex, bend]

Definition of 'Bend'

From: GCIDE
  • Bend \Bend\, v. i.
  • 1. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. [1913 Webster]
  • The green earth's end Where the bowed welkin slow doth bend. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To jut over; to overhang. [1913 Webster]
  • There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To be inclined; to be directed. [1913 Webster]
  • To whom our vows and wished bend. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. [1913 Webster]
  • While each to his great Father bends. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bend'

From: GCIDE
  • Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. [1913 Webster]
  • To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. [1913 Webster]
  • But when to mischief mortals bend their will. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Naut.) 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. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bend'

From: GCIDE
  • Bend \Bend\, n. [AS. bend. See Band, and cf. the preceding noun.]
  • 1. A band. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. [OF. bende, bande, F. bande. See Band.] (Her.) 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Bend sinister (Her.), an honorable ordinary drawn from the sinister chief to the dexter base. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Bend'

From: GCIDE
  • Bend \Bend\, n. [See Bend, v. t., and cf. Bent, n.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend. --Fletcher. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Naut.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Leather Trade) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. pl. (Med.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. [1913 Webster]
  • Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her sides, more generally called wales. They have the beams, knees, and foothooks bolted to them. Also, the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides; as, the midship bend. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'bend'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Bend, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bend, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000) :
52029
Housing Units (2000) :
22507
Land area (2000) :
32.021921 sq. miles (82.936392 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.216276 sq. miles (0.560152 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
32.238197 sq. miles (83.496544 sq. km)
FIPS code :
05800
Located within :
Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location :
44.056434 N, 121.308085 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
97701 97702
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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