'Bending' definitions:
Definition of 'bending'
From: WordNet
noun
Movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend]
noun
The property of being bent or deflected [syn: deflection, deflexion, bending]
noun
The act of bending something
Definition of 'Bending'
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 'Bending'
From: GCIDE
- Bending \Bend"ing\, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Bending'
- Bend,
- Bend, OR,
- Bended,
- bends,
- the bends,
- Bend sinister,
- Bends of a ship,
- Bessemer Bend,
- Big Bend,
- Carrick bend,
- Eagle Bend,
- East Bend,
- Fort Bend,
- Gila Bend,
- Granny's bend,
- Great Bend,
- Grecian bend,
- Horseshoe Bend,
- Hudson Bend,
- Malta Bend,
- McCord Bend,
- Midship bend,
- Mission Bend,
- North Bend,
- North Bend, OR,
- Return bend,
- River Bend,
- Sheet bend,
- South Bend,
- South Bend, IN,
- To bend the brow,
- West Bend,
- around the bend,
- becket bend,
- bend dexter,
- bend over backwards,
- blind bend,
- fisherman's bend,
- hairpin bend,
- hawser bend,
- knee bend,
- round the bend,
- Bessemer Bend, WY,
- Big Bend State,
- Big Bend, CA,
- Big Bend, WI,
- Eagle Bend, MN,
- East Bend, NC,
- Fort Bend County,
- Fort Bend, TX,
- Gila Bend, AZ,
- Great Bend, KS,
- Great Bend, ND,
- Great Bend, NY,
- Great Bend, PA,
- Horseshoe Bend, AR,
- Horseshoe Bend, ID,
- Hudson Bend, TX,
- Malta Bend, MO,
- McCord Bend, MO,
- Mission Bend, TX,
- North Bend, NE,
- North Bend, OH,
- North Bend, WA,
- River Bend, MO,
- River Bend, NC,
- South Bend, NE,
- South Bend, WA,
- South Toledo Bend,
- West Bend, IA,
- West Bend, WI,
- mind-bending,
- Fort Bend County, TX,
- Post Oak Bend City,
- South Toledo Bend, TX,
- big bend national park,
- Post Oak Bend City, TX