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[bɛnd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle
(e.g: the wire has to be bent back tightly)
- (of a person) incline the body downwards from the vertical
(e.g: she bent down and yanked out the flex)
- force or be forced to submit
(e.g: they want to bend me to their will)
- direct (one's attention or energies) to a task
(e.g: Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets)
- attach (a sail or cable) by means of a knot
(e.g: sailors were bending sails to the spars)
Phrases:
- bend one's elbow
- bend someone's ear
- round the bend
Origin
:
Old English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band
[bɛnd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit
(e.g: the van screeched round a bend)
- a curved or angled part of something
(e.g: make a bend in the wire)
- a kind of knot used to join two ropes together, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend
- decompression sickness, especially in divers
Phrases:
- bend one's elbow
- bend someone's ear
- round the bend
Origin
:
Old English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band
[bɛnd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one
(e.g: a narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield)
Phrases:
Origin
:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French bande, Old French bende ‘flat strip’
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