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Bends   /bɛndz/   Listen
Bends

noun
1.
Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.  Synonyms: aeroembolism, air embolism, caisson disease, decompression sickness, gas embolism.



Bend

noun
1.
A circular segment of a curve.  Synonyms: crook, turn, twist.  "A crook in the path"
2.
Movement that causes the formation of a curve.  Synonym: bending.
3.
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.).  Synonym: curve.
4.
An angular or rounded shape made by folding.  Synonyms: crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication.  "A crease in his trousers" , "A plication on her blouse" , "A flexure of the colon" , "A bend of his elbow"
5.
A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range.
6.
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left.  Synonym: bend dexter.
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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"Bends" Quotes from Famous Books



... understood at all, surely it must be here. For his creative moments in art occur when the antagonism between his feelings is at its height and when his proud astonishment and wonder at the world combine with the ardent desire to approach that same world as a lover. The glances he then bends towards the earth are always rays of sunlight which "draw up water," form mist, and gather storm-clouds. Clear-sighted and prudent, loving and unselfish at the same time, his glance is projected downwards; and all things that are illumined by this double ray of light, nature conjures to discharge ...
— Thoughts out of Season (Part One) • Friedrich Nietzsche

... of God is a radiant place, And every flower has a holy face: Our Lady like a lily bends above the cloudy sod, But Saint Michael is the thorn ...
— Main Street and Other Poems • Alfred Joyce Kilmer

... useless accessories; faithful to his own sentiment, he has clothed Mary with humility. She sits beneath the portico, the book neglected on her lap, her hands crossed, and her drooping head inclined towards the heavenly messenger. The golden-winged angel with roseate robe also bends before the Virgin, the right hand pointing to her breast and the left to the dove which sheds celestial rays on Mary's head. In the background Adam and Eve are being expelled from the terrestrial Paradise, symbol of the ancient Christian legend which directly connects ...
— Fra Angelico • J. B. Supino

... given as S. Francois, (north-east of Sarnia) S. Michel, (a little east of Sandwich), S. Joseph, (apparently in the county of Kent), Alexis, (a few miles west of a stream, which flows into Lake Erie about midway between the Detroit and Niagara Rivers, and where the shore bends farthest inland),[2] and N. D. des Anges (on the West bank of a considerable river, probably the Grand River, near where Brantford now stands). The Detroit and Niagara Rivers and four streams flowing into Lake Erie between them are shown but not named. The great cataract is called "Ongiara Sault." ...
— The Country of the Neutrals - (As Far As Comprised in the County of Elgin), From Champlain to Talbot • James H. Coyne

... tendency to sink, bend the neck a little more, putting the head, farther back in the water, instead of raising it, as most of the learners want to do. Remember that the trunk and neck must be kept well arched, the head well back in the water. The moment the beginner doubles up at waist or hips or bends the neck forward, raising the head, ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker


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