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(n)
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
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A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
A twisting force.
(v)
(transitive) To bend (any thin material, such as paper) over so that it comes in contact with itself.
(now chiefly biology, geology) An act of folding.
(uncountable) Flexibility, pliancy.
To make a non-linear physical movement.
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.
A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, however produced.
(transitive) To make (something) deviate from its original path or position.
(transitive, figuratively) To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
Alternative spelling of flexion. [The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.]
(archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows.
To bend the upper part of the body forward and downward to a half-squatting position; crouch.
(transitive) To change the form of (something), usually thus making it disordered or irregular; to give (something) an abnormal or unusual shape.
(heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going (from the viewer's perspective) from top left to the bottom right.
(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.
(adj)
Having a curve or curves; curving.
The shape of something curved.
(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
The act of one who turns (rotates or twists).
(informal) To work.
(uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally:
Alternative form of bypass. [A road that passes around something, such as a residential area or business district.]
The act of declining or refusing something.
The act by which somebody is cornered.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
(transitive) Often followed by out: to squeeze or twist (something moist) tightly so that liquid is forced out.
An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
The action of putting things together, especially of putting clothes into a suitcase for a journey.
Each of the five digits on the end of the human foot.
The act of going past or around.
(fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
The action of folding; a fold.
(intransitive) To give in or be swayed; to become less hard, harsh, or cruel; to show clemency.
(figurative) A source of persistent (and often widespread) pain and suffering or trouble, such as a cruel ruler, disease, pestilence, or war.
(transitive) To give a false or misleading account of; pervert.
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
(ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc.
(transitive) To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust.
A slight convexity, arching or curvature of a surface of a road, beam, roof, ship's deck etc., so that liquids will flow off the sides.
An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
Characterized by having two (usually equivalent) components.
(transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
Pale, sickly-looking.
A movement to do something, a beginning.
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
The process or an instance of making something double; a multiplication by two. [from 14th c.]
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
Peculiarity or deviation in sexual behaviour or taste.
(intransitive) To tempt with, to appeal or cater to (improper motivations, etc.); to assist in gratification.
(intransitive) To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.
(Australia, New Zealand, games) A game of chance, played by betting on the outcome of two pennies thrown in the air.
(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
(geometry) A line segment between any point of a circle or sphere and its center.
(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
To sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane.
A length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over to make an opening.
(architecture) An architectural element having the shape of an arch
(intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
(intransitive) To twist into or as if into a strained shape or expression.
To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight.
(transitive) To cause to become straight.
An act of stretching.
A rapid movement in alternating opposite directions, not necessarily regular.
A motion or action that bends.
Having many twists
An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
That curves or curve.
(medicine, transitive) To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury
An outward spread of an object such as a bowl or cup.
(countable) An act of pulling (applying force toward oneself).
(transitive) To remove a twist from.
A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
(UK, slang) A bendy bus.
(transitive) To influence, manage, direct, control or tamper with something
Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.