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Bending

noun

1.

Movement that causes the formation of a curve. Synonym: bend.

2.

The property of being bent or deflected. Synonyms: deflection, deflexion.

3.

The act of bending something.

Bend

verb

(past & past part. bent; pres. part. bending)

1.

Form a curve. Synonym: flex.

2.

Change direction.

3.

Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. Synonyms: deform, flex, turn, twist. "Twist the dough into a braid" , "The strong man could turn an iron bar"

4.

Bend one's back forward from the waist on down. Synonyms: bow, crouch, stoop. "She bowed before the Queen" , "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

5.

Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest. Synonyms: deflect, turn away.

6.

Bend a joint. Synonym: flex. "Bend your knees"

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"Bending" Quotes from Famous Books

... out his wine. He took what she gave him, and no more—like a child—and we all three sat together at a window as the evening gathered in. When it was almost dark, he lay down on a sofa, Agnes pillowing his head and bending over him a little while; and when she came back to the window, it was not so dark but I could see tears glittering ...

— David Copperfield • Charles Dickens

... Carter might feel that way too," said the lady bending over a rose geranium and pinching a leaf ...

— The City of Fire • Grace Livingston Hill

... will be found that in the higher crania the basicranial axis becomes shorter relatively to the cerebral length; that the 'olfactory angle' and 'occipital angle' become more obtuse; and that the 'cranio-facial angle' becomes more acute by the bending down, as it were, of the facial axis upon the cranial axis. At the same time, the roof of the cranium becomes more and more arched, to allow of the increasing height of the cerebral hemispheres, which is eminently characteristic of man, ...

— Lectures and Essays • T.H. Huxley

... back the curtain of her bedroom. Her voice, as she murmured the words, was full of a joyous delight; eagerness and yearning expressed themselves in her bending attitude, her parted lips and eyes intent upon ...

— The Testing of Diana Mallory • Mrs. Humphry Ward

... supports in several places were wrenched loose from the wall; the steel spans hung free in air, while white smoke lifted unceasingly toward the summit of the vast shed. On the tracks the cars were burning briskly. Presently it could also be seen that the south end of the roof was bending of its own weight. It bent first just a little—then more. Then for a long moment it hung motionless, or with but the faintest quiver of vibration. Then, out of the sightless cavern came the screeching sound of metal scraping ...

— White Ashes • Sidney R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble

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