bends
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bends
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bends pl (plural only)
- (nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
- (underwater diving, pathology, usually with the) Synonym of decompression sickness.
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nautical: thickest and strongest planks on the sides of a ship — see wales
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bends
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bend
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bends