Bend

//bɛnd//

Synonyms for "bend" (546 found)

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Closest matches (110)

Verb(2 words)

bending crouch deflect flex aberrancy aberration accommodate accommodate with accord achievement adapt adapt to address adjust adjust to affect agree with aim aim at alerion

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Noun(2 words)

bend dexter bending

Strong matches (163)

comply comply with compose conduce conflexure conform conquer contort contribute convert corner coronet correct correspond cower crank crescent crest cringe cringe to

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crook cross cross moline crotchet crouch before crown crumple crush curl curtsy curvation curvature curve declination decurve deflection depart from departure determine detour deviance deviancy deviate deviation device deviousness devote diagonal difference differencing diffract diffuse digress digression dipping the colors direct directionize discipline discursion disperse dispose distort divagate divagation divaricate divarication diverge divergence diversion divert do homage do obeisance do up dogleg dome double drift drifting duck eagle elbow ell embow ermine ermines erminites erminois errantry escutcheon excursion excursus exorbitation falcon fall down before fall in with fell fess fess point field file fit fix fix on flanch flatten flection fleur-de-lis flexure focus fold fold up follow fork fret fur furcate furcation fusil garland geanticline gear to genuflect genuflection geosyncline get down gird girdle girt girth give give way gnarl go go by griffin grovel gules gyron hairpin hairpin turn harmonize hatchment have a tendency head heel helmet heraldic device hold on

Verb(9 words)

courb crook crouch curb curl curve deflect deform deplore

Noun(6 words)

crease crimp crook curve flexure fold

Related words (273)

homage honor point hook humble humiliate hump hunch hunch down impalement impaling inclination incline incurvate incurve indirection induce inescutcheon inflect inflection influence

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jaundice knee kneel kneel to kneeling knot knuckle to kowtow l label lace lash lead lead by the nose lean leash level at lion look to loop lozenge lurch make a leg make a reverence make conform make obeisance making a leg mantling marshaling martlet mascle master meander meet metal mold motto mould moulder mouldy move mullet nod nombril point nook obeisance oblique oblique angle oblique figure oblique line obliquity obsequiousness observe octofoil or ordinary orle overmaster override overwhelm oxbow pale paly pean pererration persuade pheon point point at point to predispose prejudice prejudice against prejudice the issue prepossess present presenting arms prompt prostrate prostration pull purpure put down quarter quartering quell quoin rambling reconcile rectify recurve redound to reduce reflect reflection reflex refract relax relent retroflex reverence rhomboid ride down rope rose round rub off corners s-curve sable sag salaam saltire salutation salute scatter scrape scratch comma screw scrouch down scutcheon separatrix serve servility set set toward settle shape sheer shield shift shifting shifting course shifting path show a tendency sight sight on sink skew slant slash slope slouch slue smash snake soften up solidus splice spread eagle spring squat standing at attention steer stoop straighten strap straying stretch subdue subjugate submission submissiveness submit subordinary suit supination suppress swaddle swag swathe sway sweep swerve swerving swinging tack tally tally with tend tenne thaw throw tie tie up tincture tinge tone torse train train upon trample down trample underfoot transverse tread underfoot trend tressure truckle to truss turn turn aside turn awry turn upon turning twist tyrannize unbend unicorn unman upset vair vanquish variation vary vault veer verge vert vertex virgule wallow wandering warp wear down weigh with welter wind wire work work toward wrap wrap up wreath wrench wrest wring writhe yale yaw yield zag zig zigzag

Verb(8 words)

incurvate pretzel stoop surrender turn turn away turn in twist

Noun(3 words)

plication turn twist

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

13 relation types

More general

16 entries

angular shape angularity change form change shape curve curved shape deform flex form motion move movement ordinary section segment turn

More specific

8 entries

arch coil frizzle inbend inflect rebend recurve roll up

Antonyms

2 entries

straighten unbend

Synonyms

5 entries

bending crouch deflect flex fold

Related terms

1 entries

bent

coordinate

6 entries

baton bendlet cost garter riband scrape

derived

93 entries

Ashley's bend Bend of Islands Bendgate Boundary Bend East Bend Flemish bend Fort Bend County Great Bend Grecian bend Horseshoe Bend Hunter's bend J-bend L-bend North Bend Rosendahl bend

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

band

has context

7 entries

diving heraldiccharge medicine mining music nautical river

is a

4 entries

curve natural thing ordinary section

manner of

2 entries

change shape turn

part of

2 entries

oregon road

related to

64 entries

anchor bent bind blood body bow british columbia butt california canada cdp chain charged chemical clay cleat

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Translations

365 translations across 89 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

buig verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Albanian

4 entries

kthesë noun (curve)
kthyerje noun (curve)
nye noun (knot)
Albanian: Pre gui verb (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission)

Aleut

1 entries

kahngil verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

καμπή noun (curve)
ἄγκος noun (curve)
κάμπτω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
κάμπτω verb (to become curved)

Arabic

1 entries

ثَنَى verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Armenian

2 entries

ծռել verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
ծռվել verb (to become curved)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

bükmək verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
əymək verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Bashkir

1 entries

ҡаш noun (curve)

Belarusian

2 entries

гнуць verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
згіна́ць verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Bulgarian

4 entries

възел noun (knot)
завой noun (curve)
връзвам verb (to tie a line)
завивам verb (to change direction)

Catalan

3 entries

banda noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
envergar verb (to tie a line)
inclinar-se verb (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

چەماندن verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Chechen

1 entries

сатта verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

彎 /弯 verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
轉彎 /转弯 verb (to change direction)

Classical Nahuatl

2 entries

cuelpachoā verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
cuēloā verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Cornish

1 entries

plegya verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Czech

3 entries

břevno pokosem noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
ohyb noun (curve)
ohnout verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Danish

1 entries

bøje verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Dutch

4 entries

bocht noun (curve)
schuinbalk noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
verbindingsknoop noun (knot)
afbuigen verb (to change direction)

Esperanto

4 entries

klino noun (curve)
alkliniĝi verb (to be inclined; to direct itself)
fleksi verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
klini verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Finnish

4 entries

anturanahka noun (best quality of sole leather)
kaaret noun (nautical: frames or ribs that form the ship's body)
kytky noun (knot)
mutka noun (curve)

French

4 entries

bande noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
nœud noun (knot)
virage noun (curve)
courber verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Galician

4 entries

anco noun (curve)
curva noun (curve)
volta noun (curve)
curvar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Georgian

1 entries

მოხრა verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

German

4 entries

Biegung noun (curve)
Kurve noun (curve)
Schrägbalken noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
beugen verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Greek

4 entries

στροφή noun (curve)
καμπύλλω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
καμπύλλω verb (to become curved)
λυγίζω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Hebrew

3 entries

רֶכֶס noun (knot)
התכופף verb (to become curved)
כופף verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Hindi

4 entries

गाँठ noun (knot)
झुकाव noun (turn; purpose; inclination; ends)
मोड़ noun (curve)
मोड़ noun (turn; purpose; inclination; ends)

Hungarian

3 entries

görbít verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
hajlít verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
kanyarít verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Icelandic

1 entries

beygja verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ido

1 entries

kurveskar verb (to become curved)

Ingrian

3 entries

mutka noun (curve)
painaa verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
painuttaa verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ingush

1 entries

соттае verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Interlingua

1 entries

inclinar se verb (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission)

Irish

1 entries

bandán noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)

Italian

4 entries

banda noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
curva noun (curve)
nodo noun (knot)
ammanigliare verb (to tie a line)

Japanese

2 entries

曲がる verb (to become curved)
曲げる verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Karachay - Balkan

1 entries

къаш noun (curve)

Karakalpak

1 entries

qas noun (curve)

Kazakh

2 entries

бүгіс noun (curve)
қас noun (curve)

Khakas

1 entries

хас noun (curve)

Khalaj

1 entries

qâş noun (curve)

Korean

1 entries

구부리다 verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Kumyk

1 entries

къаш noun (curve)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

каш noun (curve)

Latgalian

2 entries

puorlīkt verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
salīkt verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Latin

4 entries

campter noun (curve)
curvāmen noun (curve)
flexus noun (curve)
curvō verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Latvian

1 entries

saliekt verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Lithuanian

1 entries

vingis noun (curve)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

chyliś verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
gibaś verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Malayalam

1 entries

വളയ്ക്കുക verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Marathi

1 entries

वळण noun (curve)

Middle English

3 entries

croken verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
croken verb (to become curved)
croken verb (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission)

Māori

4 entries

hawe noun (curve)
hawhe (in a fenceline) noun (curve)
noninga noun (curve)
whawhe (in a fenceline) noun (curve)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries

tagalang noun (curve)

Nogai

1 entries

кас noun (curve)

Northern Altai

1 entries

каш noun (curve)

Norwegian

1 entries

bøye verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

kurve noun (curve)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

kurve noun (curve)

Occitan

4 entries

corba noun (curve)
laç noun (knot)
nos noun (knot)
nosèl noun (knot)

Old English

4 entries

byġe noun (curve)
bīeġan verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
bīeġan verb (to cause to change direction)
bīeġan verb (to force to submit)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اكری noun (curve)
كوشه noun (curve)
اكمك verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
بوكمك verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Persian

1 entries

خماندن verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Polish

4 entries

skos noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
giąć verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
zginać verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
zginać się verb (to become curved)

Portuguese

4 entries

banda noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
curva noun (curve)
curvar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
curvar verb (to change direction)

Romanian

2 entries

curba verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
îndoi verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Russian

4 entries

гну́ться verb (to become curved)
гнуть verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
изгиба́ть verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
изгиба́ться verb (to become curved)

Sanskrit

4 entries

अङ्कस् noun (curve)
ग्रन्थि noun (knot)
नमति verb (to stoop)
नमति verb (to bow in prayer, or in token of submission)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

bogha noun (curve)
bogha noun (curve)
lùb noun (curve)
crom verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries

saviti verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Sikkimese

1 entries

ཀུག verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Slovene

3 entries

zavoj noun (curve)
upogniti verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
upogniti se verb (to become curved)

Southern Altai

1 entries

каш noun (curve)

Spanish

4 entries

banda noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
curva noun (curve)
doblegadura (disused) noun (curve)
doblegamiento noun (curve)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

beni verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Swahili

4 entries

kunja verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
kunja verb (to force to submit)
pinda verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
pinda verb (to become curved)

Swedish

4 entries

balk noun (heraldry: one of the ordinaries)
böj noun (curve)
knop noun (knot)
krök noun (curve)

Tatar

1 entries

каш noun (curve)

Thai

4 entries

ก้มตัว verb (to stoop)
งอ verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
ลู่ verb (to become curved)
เบน verb (to become curved)

Turkish

3 entries

bükmek verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
bükmek verb (to become curved)
bükmek verb (to force to submit)

Turkmen

1 entries

gāş noun (curve)

Tày

1 entries

bjắt verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ukrainian

4 entries

гну́ти verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
гну́тися verb (to become curved)
згина́ти verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
згина́тися verb (to become curved)

Uyghur

1 entries

قاش noun (curve)

Vietnamese

1 entries

uốn cong verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Walloon

4 entries

fé ployî verb (to force to submit)
ployî verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
ployî verb (to become curved)
ployî verb (to force to submit)

Welsh

1 entries

plygu verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Yiddish

3 entries

אויסבייג noun (curve)
בייגן verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
בייגן זיך verb (to become curved)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.

Source: tatoeba (22664)

I can't bend my right arm.

Source: tatoeba (27048)

But you don't want to bend the knees too much.

Source: tatoeba (53547)

The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.

Source: tatoeba (246958)

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