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n.
A narrow bend, esp. one half the width of the bend.
n.
The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
v. t.
To cause to turn; to bend.
v. i.
To tend downward; to bend; to slope; as, a hill verges to the north.
v. i.
To wind; to bend; to make turns; to meander.
n.
One who, or that which, bends.
n.
A bend, sag, or partitioned chamber, in a drain, soil pipe, sewer, etc., arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents passage of air or gas, but permits the flow of liquids.
n.
A collection of small, flexible, or soft things in a knot or bunch; a waving or bending and spreading cluster; as, a tuft of flowers or feathers.
n.
same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
a.
Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
a.
Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things.
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.
n.
An instrument used for bending.
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.
n.
One of the successive portions of a course, or of a series of occurrences, reckoning from change to change; hence, a winding; a bend; a meander.
v. i.
To yield or bend obsequiously to the will of another; to submit; to creep.
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n.
A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.
n.
The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander.
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