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(v)
(transitive) To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.
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(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
(adj)
Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
(idiomatic) To take shelter; to prepare oneself for some eventuality; to focus on a task.
(n)
(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.
(informal, transitive) To scrunch one's face or a part of one's face.
(intransitive) To rest on one's bent knees, sometimes only one; to move to such a position.
The act of placing a bid.
(figurative) Something that checks or restrains; a restraint.
(dated) A political conservative.
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
To crouch.
(intransitive) To crouch, or hunker down.
(informal) To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position.
(intransitive) To abase oneself before another person.
(intransitive) To have enough courage (to do something).
A small amount; a skosh.
(intransitive) To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stoop oneself down quickly, in order to avoid being hit.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect.
(intransitive, dialect, Northampton) To stoop.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack.
A troublemaker, often violent; a rude violent person; a yob.
to cower
(transitive) To double the quantity, amount or duration of something
A hanging down of the head; a drooping posture; a limp appearance
A sudden or unsteady movement.
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
A gentle bend, such as in a road.
(transitive, slang) To ruin or botch.
A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period.
Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
(informal, derogatory, especially) A person who engages in sexually inappropriate behaviour or sexual harassment.
A theory, idea, or guess; an intuitive impression that something will happen.
Irregular, poor handwriting; especially, such writing that is illegible.
(transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of
(Canada, US, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.
An instance of overbending (bending too far).
(transitive) To mark with a circumflex; hence to accentuate or emphasize.
A small wheel; a caster or pulley.
An act of nuzzling (all verb senses).
(chiefly derogatory, slang) Someone who lacks confidence or courage, is weak, ineffectual, irresolute and wishy-washy.
(vulgar) to feel extremely frightened or apprehensive.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To cooperate or yield when forced or pressured to do so.
An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
A tunnel or hole, often as dug by a small creature.
A bend; turn; curve; curvature; a flexure.
(obsolete) To skulk; to cower.
(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
(fishing) A type of dragnet with a bag in the center and a very fine mesh.
The amount of money levied for a service.
(idiomatic, US, law enforcement) To turn away, with one's hands in a visible and unmovable position, so that one can be searched.
bending inwards.
To crawl with one's belly touching the ground
Mourning garments, especially an armband or hatband.
The stem or main axis of a plant.
(archaic, ambitransitive) To bend like a bow; to curve.
(UK, archaic, intransitive) To move in a slouching manner.
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.
(informal) To drop to a lying or other low position, especially quickly.
A short, high-pitched metallic sound
To bend; to cause to become curved; to make crooked; to deflect.
(obsolete) To lift one's skirts, bend over, and knead the buttocks as if kneading bread.
(also attributively) Something (such as a canyon or road) with a sharp bend or turn in it.
The act of moving; a movement.
An upward curl.
Lying flat, face-down.
(intransitive) To creep, crawl, or clamber, like a crab
(intransitive) To lie or fall down in a tired or lazy manner
(slang, vulgar, figuratively) To be frightened; especially, to be extremely frightened.
A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment.
To stumble or unintentionally descend and land on
(ambitransitive) To crawl about; crawl all over.
A bend, twist or crinkle.
To bend or curve back; to recurve.
(Rochdale, dialectal, intransitive) To stumble after inverting or everting one's foot; to roll (but not necessarily sprain) one's ankle.
(sports) A feint.
Any of the joints between the bones of the fingers.
(transitive) To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed.
(intransitive) To sit or lie in a casual or lazy manner
(UK, intransitive, informal) To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.
A cut or notch in the margin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
(US, derogatory) A toady or sycophant.
A painful muscular cramp or spasm of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, making it difficult to move the part affected.
A small amount by which something has changed or moved.
(obsolete) A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
(transitive) To creep up on; stalk
A surname.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To bend over deeply at the waist.