English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bend
(v. t.)
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.
Bend
(v. t.)
To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Bend
(v. t.)
To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
Bend
(v. t.)
To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
Bend
(v. t.)
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.
Bend
(v. i.)
To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook
or be curving; to bow.
Bend
(v. i.)
To jut over; to overhang.
Bend
(v. i.)
To be inclined; to be directed.
Bend
(v. i.)
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
Bend
(n.)
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.
Bend
(n.)
Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Bend
(n.)
A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an
anchor, spar, or post.
Bend
(n.)
The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Bend
(n.)
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
Bend
(n.)
A band.
Bend
(n.)
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.
Bendable
(a.)
Capable of being bent.
Bended
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bend
Bender
(n.)
A sixpence.
Bender
(n.)
A drunken spree.