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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.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
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.
Bent () of Bend
Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.
Bent (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bent (v.) A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bent (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
Bent (n.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.