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BEND
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Irregular inflected form: bent
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Synonyms:
bend; curve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)
Domain category:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
blind bend; blind curve (a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving)
elbow (a sharp bend in a road or river)
hairpin bend (a U-shaped bend in a road)
Holonyms ("bend" is a part of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Derivation:
bend (change direction)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
Synonyms:
bend; bend dexter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
ordinary ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Movement that causes the formation of a curve
Synonyms:
bend; bending
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
deflection; deflexion; refraction (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Bend" is a part of...):
Beaver State; OR; Ore.; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A circular segment of a curve
Example:
a crook in the path
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
bight (a bend or curve (especially in a coastline))
Derivation:
bend (change direction)
bend (form a curve)
Sense 6
Meaning:
An angular or rounded shape made by folding
Example:
a bend of his elbow
Synonyms:
bend; crease; crimp; flexure; fold; plication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)
kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)
pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))
Derivation:
bend (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)
bend (form a curve)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bend ... he / she / it bends
Past participle: bended /bent
-ing form: bending
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
Example:
the strong man could turn an iron bar
Synonyms:
bend; deform; flex; turn; twist
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
convolute; convolve (curl, wind, or twist together)
crank (bend into the shape of a crank)
gnarl (twist into a state of deformity)
incurvate (cause to curve inward)
dent; indent (make a depression into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They bend the glass tubes
Antonym:
unbend (free from flexure)
Derivation:
bendable (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking)
bender (a tool for bending)
bend (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Bend a joint
Example:
bend your knees
Synonyms:
bend; flex
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Change direction
Example:
The road bends
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Derivation:
bend (curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.))
bend (a circular segment of a curve)
bender (a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Form a curve
Example:
The stick does not bend
Synonyms:
bend; flex
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
crook; curve (bend or cause to bend)
arc; arch; curve (form an arch or curve)
incurvate (bend inwards)
replicate; retroflex (bend or turn backward)
angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip (to incline or bend from a vertical position)
bend; bow; crouch; stoop (bend one's back forward from the waist on down)
double; double over; double up (bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain)
cower; crawl; creep; cringe; fawn; grovel (show submission or fear)
curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The glass tubes bend
Antonym:
straighten (straighten up or out; make straight)
Derivation:
bend (a circular segment of a curve)
bend (an angular or rounded shape made by folding)
bendable (capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking)
bender (a tool for bending)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Example:
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Synonyms:
bend; bow; crouch; stoop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
bend; flex (form a curve)
"Bend" entails doing...:
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
squinch (crouch down)
cower; huddle (crouch or curl up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Context examples:
The old man tried to hinder him, but he was bent upon going.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
But just at that time I inherited the fortune of my cousin, and my thoughts were turned into the channel of their earlier bent.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
You may not be able to bend or move the affected joint very well.
(Osteonecrosis, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
The natural bend in the spine in the lower back.
(Lumbar Curve, NCI Thesaurus)
A sensation similar to an electrical shock radiating from the back of the head down the spine as the neck is bent forward.
(Lhermitte's sign, NCI Dictionary)
He did not stand erect, but with trunk inclined forward from the hips, on legs that bent at the knees.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The HMG-Box Family proteins are relatively abundant vertebrate DNA-binding and bending proteins that bind with structure specificity, rather than sequence specificity, and plays an architectural role in the assembly of nucleoprotein complexes.
(HMGB Family Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
She discovered the way that the BPAs - sometimes referred to as 'gender-bending chemicals - interfered with the production of sperm, eggs, and male and female chromosomes.
(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The DNA bending induced upon TFIID binding to the promoter causes sliding of the SWI/SNF-modified nucleosome to a new position 36 bp downstream, thus allowing the initiation of transcription.
(IFN-Beta Enhancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Holmes bent over this grotesque frieze for some minutes, and then suddenly sprang to his feet with an exclamation of surprise and dismay.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
