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verb
Unbend  v. t.  (past & past part. unbent; pres. part. unbending)  
1.
To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.
2.
A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. "You do unbend your noble strength."
3.
(Naut.)
(a)
To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use.
(b)
To cast loose or untie, as a rope.


Unbend  v. i.  (past & past part. unbent; pres. part. unbending)  
1.
To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
2.
To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.





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"Unbent" Quotes from Famous Books



... Clancy unbent from the rail and shook his head in high approval. He took off his sou'wester, slatted it over the after-bitt to clear the brim of water, and spoke his mind. "You'll see nothing cleaner than that in this harbor to-day, fellows, and you'll see some pretty fair work ...
— The Seiners • James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
... his eyes and unbent his brows, his gaze happened to be directed toward a row of curious big photographs which ran like a pictured frieze round the upper side of the wall of the room. A casual observer might have thought ...
— The Second Deluge • Garrett P. Serviss
... with. The Cree term for this number is mitatat, no further; and the corresponding word in Delaware is m'tellen, no more. The Dakota 10 is, like its 5, a straightening out of the fingers which have been turned over in counting, or wickchemna, spread out unbent. The same is true of the Hidatsa pitika, which signifies a smoothing out, or straightening. The Pawnee 4, skitiks, is unusual, signifying as it does "all the fingers," or more properly, "the fingers of the hand." The same meaning attaches to ...
— The Number Concept - Its Origin and Development • Levi Leonard Conant
... the suggestion so hotly that I unbent a little. I asked him to be seated, and offered him a part of ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 10, 1916 • Various
... To judge by the unbent lines of Faith's brow, there was nothing very disagreeable to her in the supposition. Yet she had a look of care ...
— Say and Seal, Volume I • Susan Warner


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