bend

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      A bend in a river

      Etymology

      From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). More at band.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      bend (third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle bent)

      1. (transitive) 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.
      2. (intransitive) To become curved.
        Look at the trees bending in the wind.
      3. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
      4. (intransitive) To change direction.
        The road bends to the right
      5. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
        He bent down to pick up the pieces.
      6. (transitive) To force to submit.
        They bent me to their will.
      7. (intransitive) To submit.
        I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
      8. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
        He bent company's resources to gaining market share.
      9. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
        He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
      10. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
      11. (transitive, 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.
      12. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
        You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
      13. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.

      Derived terms

      terms derived from bend (verb)

      Translations

      to shape into a curve
      to force or be forced to submit
      to tie a line
      to change the pitch
      to swing the body when rowing
      to become curved
      to change direction
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      Noun

      bend (plural bends)

      1. A curve.
      2. (nautical) Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
      3. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
        • A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
      4. (heraldry) 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.

      Derived terms

      terms derived from bend (noun)

      Translations

      curve
      knot
      decompression sickness
      heraldic term
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      References

      • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]

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      Albanian

      Etymology

      From Proto-Indo-European *band 'drop'. Probably connected to attested Illyrian Bindus 'a deity of water'. Compare Phrygian βεδυ (“water”), Latin Fons Bindusiae, Cornish banne, banna (“drop”), Middle Irish banna, baina (“drop”) and Sanskrit bindú-ḥ (“drop”)[1].

      Noun

      bend m

      1. a pond, water reservoir
      2. idle or provocative words
      3. servant, henchman
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      References

      1. ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke
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      Kurdish

      Noun

      bend

      1. slave
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      Serbo-Croatian

      Etymology

      From English band.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      bȅnd m (Cyrillic spelling бе̏нд)

      1. (music) band (group of musicians)

      Declension

          declension of bend
      singular plural
      nominative bȅnd bendovi / bendi
      genitive benda bendova / benda
      dative bendu bendovima / bendima
      accusative bȅnd bendove / bende
      vocative bȅnde bendovi / bendi
      locative bendu bendovima / bendima
      instrumental bendom bendovima / bendima
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