Bendy vs Boris - What's the difference?
bendy | boris |
Having the ability to be bent easily.
(informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
Containing many bends and twists.
Of a vehicle, articulated.
(heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour
(heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
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* 2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition , National Public Radio
As an adjective bendy
is having the ability to be bent easily.As a noun bendy
is (heraldry) a field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.As a verb boris is
(eo-form of).bendy
English
Adjective
(er)- Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
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- a bendy road
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Synonyms
* (having the ability to be bent easily ): flexible, pliable, supple * (of a person''): flexible, limber, lissom ''or lissome, lithe, supple * (having many bends and twists ): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy * (articulated ): articulated, jointedDerived terms
* bendinessNoun
(bendies)References
*boris
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all.