Bend

/bɛnd/

Synonyms for "bend" (693 found)

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Closest matches (139)

Verb(10 words)

bow flex angulate arced arched archest arcked bended bowedchanged direction

Noun(23 words)

curve flexure turn accedeangle a mirrorarc arches arching arcing arcking arcs bankbend dexterbendingbending compressive forcebights bows buckling camber cambering

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cambers chicane comply

aberrancy aberration accommodateaccommodate withaccord achievement adaptadapt toaddress adjustadjust toaffectagree withaimaim atalerion angleangle offanimal chargeannulet

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apex apply arc arch argentarmorial bearingsarmory arms assimilateassimilate toattach azure band bandage bandeau barbar sinisterbatonbe guided bybear offbearingsbeat downbeltbend backbend sinisterbend the kneebend the neckbend tobendingbending the kneebent bias bifurcate bifurcation bight billet bindbind upblazon blazonry bobbob a curtsybob downbordure bowbow and scrapebow downbow the headbow tobowingbowing and scrapingbrace branchbranch offbranching offbreakbreak downbring lowbring to termsbroad arrowbucklebuckle downbundlecadency markcant canton cave chainchange the bearingchannel chaplet charge chevron chiefchime in withcinch circuitousnesscoat of armscockatrice coin collapse color complycomply withcompose

Adjective(1 words)

cambered

Strong matches (208)

conduce conflexure conform conquer contort contribute convert corner coronet correct correspond cower crank crescent crest cringecringe tocrook crosscross moline

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crotchet crouchcrouch beforecrown crumple crush curl curtsy curvation curvature curve declination decurve deflect deflectiondepart fromdeparture determine detour deviance deviancy deviate deviation device deviousness devote diagonal difference differencing diffract diffuse digress digressiondipping the colorsdirect directionize discipline discursion disperse dispose distort divagate divagation divaricate divarication diverge divergence diversion divertdo homagedo obeisancedo updogleg dome double drift drifting duck eagle elbow ell embow ermine ermines erminites erminois errantry escutcheon excursion excursus exorbitation falconfall down beforefall in withfell fessfess pointfield file fit fixfix onflanch flatten flectionfleur-de-lisflex flexure focusfold upfollow fork fret fur furcate furcation fusil garland geanticlinegear togenuflect genuflection geosynclineget downgird girdle girt girth givegive waygnarl gogo bygriffin grovel gules gyron hairpinhairpin turnharmonize hatchmenthave a tendencyhead

Verb(21 words)

contorted contorts courb crook crouch curb curl curled curve decurved deflect deflected deflects deform distorted doubled droops ducked flexed folded

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genuflects

Noun(43 words)

contorting contortionscorn yield focusedcrease crick cricked crimp crimping crimps crook crookedness crooking crooks crouches curling curls curvaturescurved trendlinecurves curving

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deflectingdeform materialdeformingdistort quotedistorting droop duckbills ducking ducks elbow flange flanges flex flexes flexing flexion fold foldingfolding mechanismfolds fudginggeometric deformationhammer

Adjective(1 words)

curved

Related words (346)

heel helmetheraldic devicehold onhomagehonor pointhook humble humiliate hump hunchhunch downimpalement impaling inclination incline incurvate incurve indirection induce

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inescutcheon inflect inflection influence jaundice knee kneelkneel tokneeling knotknuckle tokowtowllabel lace lash leadlead by the noselean leashlevel atlionlook toloop lozenge lurchmake a legmake a reverencemake conformmake obeisancemaking a legmantling marshaling martlet mascle master meander meet metal mold motto mould moulder mouldy move mullet nodnombril pointnook obeisance obliqueoblique angleoblique figureoblique lineobliquity obsequiousness observe octofoil or ordinary orle overmaster override overwhelm oxbow pale paly pean pererration persuade pheon pointpoint atpoint topredispose prejudiceprejudice againstprejudice the issueprepossess presentpresenting armsprompt prostrate prostration pull purpureput downquarter quartering quell quoin rambling reconcile rectify recurveredound toreduce reflect reflection reflex refract relax relent retroflex reverence rhomboidride downrope rose roundrub off cornerss-curve sable sag salaam saltire salutation salute scatter scrapescratch commascrewscrouch downscutcheon separatrix serve servility setset towardsettle shape sheer shield shift shiftingshifting courseshifting pathshow a tendencysightsight onsink skew slant slash slope slouch slue smash snakesoften upsolidus splicespread eaglespring squatstanding at attentionsteer stoop straighten strap straying stretch subdue subjugate submission submissiveness submit subordinary suit supination suppress swaddle swag swathe sway sweep swerve swerving swinging tack tallytally withtend tenne thaw throw tietie uptincture tinge tone torse traintrain upontrample downtrample underfoottransversetread underfoottrend tressuretruckle totruss turnturn asideturn awryturn uponturning twist tyrannize unbend unicorn unman upset vair vanquish variation vary vault veer verge vert vertex virgule wallow wandering warpwear downweigh withwelter wind wire workwork towardwrapwrap upwreath wrench wrest wring writhe yale yaw yield zag zig zigzag

Noun(50 words)

hoop horseshoe horseshoes hunches hunching hunkers inclines inflecting jackknifing kink kinking kinks kuvilatin inclinarelean leaning lowering meanders pikes piking

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plication puckering quirk quirking quirks reflexes refractingskew resultsslouches squats squatting stoop stooping stoopsstrain energytilt tuckturning pointstweak twist twisting twistswarp distortionwarping warps willows winding winds wrists yield

Verb(26 words)

hunched inclined incurvate inflected inflects jackknifes kinked kneels leans looping piked quirked recurvate refracted refracts retrovert sagged sinuate stoop stooped

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surrender turnturn awaytwist undulates warped

Adjective(3 words)

limberwarped metalyielding capacity

Determiner(1 words)

more turning points

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

25 entries

angular shapeangularitybody movementchangechange formchange shapecompliance component curvature curvecurved shapedeformdirectional changefitting flex motion

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More specific

9 entries

accede arch comply curve elbowhairpin turnknee bendlean stoop

Collocations

10 entries

bend testbendy strawbent wiregentle bendknee bendmetal bendriver bendroad bendrule bendingsharp bend

Inflections

3 entries

bending bends bent

Derivations

5 entries

bendability bendable bender bending bendy

Antonyms

2 entries

straighten unbend

Translations

113 translations across 65 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

buig verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Albanian

3 entries

ep verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
lakoj verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
përkul verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Aleut

1 entries

kahngil verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κάμπτω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Arabic

1 entries

ثَنَى verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Armenian

1 entries

ծռել verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

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

Belarusian

2 entries

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

Bulgarian

2 entries

извивам verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
превивам verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

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

1 entries

彎 /弯 verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

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

1 entries

ohnout verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Danish

1 entries

bøje verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Dutch

2 entries

buigen verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
plooien verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Esperanto

3 entries

fleksi verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
klini verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
kurbigi verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Finnish

1 entries

taivuttaa verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

French

2 entries

courber verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
tordre verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Galician

1 entries

curvar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Georgian

1 entries

მოხრა verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

German

1 entries

beugen verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Greek

2 entries

καμπύλλω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
λυγίζω verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Hebrew

1 entries

כופף verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Hindi

2 entries

झुकाव verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
प्रवृत्ति verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

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)

Ingrian

2 entries

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)

Italian

2 entries

curvare verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
piegare verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Japanese

1 entries

曲げる verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Korean

1 entries

구부리다 verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Latgalian

2 entries

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

Latin

3 entries

curvō verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
flectō verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
sinuō verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Latvian

1 entries

saliekt verb (to cause to shape into a 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)

Middle English

1 entries

croken verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Māori

4 entries

ngawaki verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
whakapiko verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
whakariroi verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
whatiwhati verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Norwegian

1 entries

bøye verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Occitan

2 entries

corbar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
plegar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Old English

1 entries

bīeġan verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

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

3 entries

giąć verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
zginać verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
zgiąć verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Portuguese

2 entries

curvar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
dobrar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Romanian

2 entries

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

Russian

3 entries

гнуть verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
изгиба́ть verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
сгиба́ть verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

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

1 entries

upogniti verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Spanish

4 entries

acombar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
alabear verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
arcar verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
arquear verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

beni verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Swahili

2 entries

kunja verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
pinda verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Swedish

1 entries

böja verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Thai

1 entries

งอ verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Turkish

1 entries

bükmek verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Tày

1 entries

bjắt verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Ukrainian

2 entries

гну́ти verb (to cause to shape into a curve)
згина́ти verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Vietnamese

1 entries

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

Walloon

1 entries

ployî verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Welsh

1 entries

plygu verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Yiddish

1 entries

בייגן verb (to cause to shape into a curve)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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We will not bend to the will of a tyrant.

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I can't bend my right arm.

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

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The branch began to bend as I climbed along it.

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