Thesaurus:bend

Thesaurus

bend

English

Verb

Sense: to cause something to change its shape into a curve

Synonyms

• bend
• bow
• courb (obsolete)
• curb    [⇒ thesaurus]
• curl
• curve
• crook
• flex
• incurvate

Antonyms

• straighten
• rectify
• unbend
• uncoil
• uncurl
• unfold
• unroll

Hyponyms

• arch
• coil
• frizzle
• roll up
•   —
• rebend
• recurve
•   —
• inbend
• inflect

Hypernyms

• form    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “245. curvature” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “bend” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.