Word Meaning

bend definition and meaning

Alt. of Ben nut
adv. & prep. Within; in; in or into the interior; toward the inner apartment.
adv. The inner or principal room in a hut or house of two rooms; -- opposed to but, the outer apartment.
An old form of the pl. indic. pr. of Be.
n. A hoglike mammal of New Guinea (Porcula papuensis).
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.
v. t. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
v. t. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
v. t. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
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.
v. i. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
v. i. To jut over; to overhang.
v. i. To be inclined; to be directed.
v. i. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
n. A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
n. The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
n. Hard, indurated clay; bind.
n. same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
n. A band.
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.

Crossword clues for bend

- ... Stiller, US actor
- Clock tower, Big ...
- He’s big in London
- High mountain
- It’s big in London but peaky in Scotland
- London clock, Big ...
- London's Big ...
- London’s Big ...
- Mr Kingsley, actor
- Oscar winner, ... Affleck
- Scottish mount
- Scottish mountain
- A corner
- Arch
- Change course
- Curve
- Flex
- Form A Curve
- Turn boyfriend outside