bend
bend n
see bend, v.
- Slouch; droop; hunch; weak spot.
- Turn; orbit; circuit; revolution; trajectory.
bend [bended, bending, bent] v
OE 'restrain with a bond, fetter, confine'.
- Brace; bind; constrain; conform; make fast.
- Hunch; stoop; work with total attention.
- Submit; acquiesce; surrender; yield; [fig.] accept death.
- Grow; extend; move with flexibility; (see Ezekiel 17:7).
- Bow; incline; genuflect; lean over slowly to show respect; (see Isaiah 60:14).
- Focus; center; adjust; turn the gaze of.
- Arch; curve; span; circumnavigate.
- Descend; condescend; [fig.] kneel.
- Move; shift; stir; [fig.] awake; arouse; affect.
- Hover; linger; draw near.