bendest English
Verb
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(bend)
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bend English
Verb
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
- Don’t bend your knees.
To become curved.
- Look at the trees bending in the wind.
To cause to change direction.
* Milton
- Bend thine ear to supplication.
* Shakespeare
- Towards Coventry bend we our course.
* Sir Walter Scott
- bending her eyes upon her parent
To change direction.
- The road bends to the right
To be inclined; to direct itself.
* Milton
- to whom our vows and wishes bend
To stoop.
- He bent down to pick up the pieces.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
* Coleridge
- Each to his great Father bends .
To force to submit.
- They bent me to their will.
* Shakespeare
- except she bend her humour
To submit.
- I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
To apply to a task or purpose.
- He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
* Temple
- to bend his mind to any public business
* Alexander Pope
- when to mischief mortals bend their will
To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
(nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- Bend the sail to the yard.
(music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
(nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
Derived terms
* bend down
* bend over
* bend over backwards
* bend somebody's ear
* on bended knee
* bend one's elbow
* bend out of shape
* bend the truth
Noun
( en noun)
A curve.
* 1968 , (Johnny Cash),
- I hear the train a comin'/It's rolling round the bend
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(nautical) Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- (Totten)
A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
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(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
* Fletcher
- Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend .
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
(nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
(nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- the midship bends
Derived terms
* around the bend
* bend sinister
* bendlet
* bendsome
* bendy
* drive somebody round the bend
* in bend
* sheet bend
* string bend
Related terms
* bent
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tendest English
Verb
(head)
(archaic) (tend)
tend English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) tenden, from (etyl) . Related to (l).
Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l)
* (l), (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)
Verb
( en verb)
To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
Derived terms
* (l), (l)
Etymology 2
From (etyl) *.
Verb
( en verb)
(legal, Old English law) To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
(followed by a to infinitive) To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain characteristic.
- They tend to go out on Saturdays.
- It tends to snow here in winter.
Usage notes
* In sense 2. this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
* See
Derived terms
* tendency
See also
* be given to
Etymology 3
From (etyl) . More at (l).
Verb
( en verb)
(with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
- We need to tend to the garden, which has become a mess.
To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
- Shepherds tend their flocks.
* Emerson
- There's not a sparrow or a wren, / There's not a blade of autumn grain, / Which the four seasons do not tend / And tides of life and increase lend.
To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
* Shakespeare
- Was he not companion with the riotous knights / That tend upon my father?
(obsolete) To await; to expect.
- (Shakespeare)
(obsolete) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to.
* Chapman
- Being to descend / A ladder much in height, I did not tend / My way well down.
(nautical) To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
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