Meaning of BEND in English

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.

Use in sentences of BEND

Meaning of BEND in English

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.
To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
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.
To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
To jut over; to overhang.
To be inclined; to be directed.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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.
Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
A band.
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.