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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr & vb n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr bend a band, bond, fr bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. 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. 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. ``Bend thine ear to supplication.'' --Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will --Pope. 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. ``Except she bend her humor.'' --Shak. 5. (Naut.) 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. --Totten. {To bend the brow}, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bending \Bend"ing\, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bending adj : not remaining rigid or straight; "tried to support his weight on a bending cane" n 1: movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: {bend}] 2: the property of being bent or deflected [syn: {deflection}, {deflexion}] 3: the act of bending something [syn: {bend}, {flex}, {flexion}, {flection}, {inflection}]
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