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bend
  1. A curve.
  2. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
  3. (plural) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
  4. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
  5. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
  6. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
  7. (plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
  8. (plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
  9. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “They rounded a bend in the path and could now see a river up ahead.”
      “The bend of the pole will be toward the middle of the pit, or slightly to the left of center.”
bent
  1. An inclination or talent.
  2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
  3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
  4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
  5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
  6. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
  7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Readers having a bent for historical pursuits will enjoy this book.”
      “While liberal in bent, Long has always maintained great fairness and lucidity in his comments.”
      “He taught himself to play the violin, and his parents, seeing his decided musical bent, placed him under tuition.”
bentwood
  1. (woodworking, countable and uncountable) Also attributive. Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).
  2. (countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
  3. Examples:
    1. “No book on American seating furniture, painted fancy chairs, or bentwood construction is complete without an example of his work.”
      “Later, a German designer started using bentwood rods to construct the frames of chairs and other furniture.”
      “Innovations in bentwood truss construction in Nova Scotia shows ways to create strong members using smaller diameter trees.”
bendel
  1. (historical, fashion) A little band or fillet.
  2. (heraldry) A little bend.
bent
  1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
  2. A grassy area, grassland.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Readers having a bent for historical pursuits will enjoy this book.”
      “While liberal in bent, Long has always maintained great fairness and lucidity in his comments.”
      “He taught himself to play the violin, and his parents, seeing his decided musical bent, placed him under tuition.”
bendy
  1. (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
bendlet
  1. (heraldry) A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The same holds true for the bendlet and the otter and the wings of the crest and the atom and the shield itself.”
      “A bendlet sinister extends from the top left to the bottom right of the shield.”
      “In ancient heraldry a bendlet azure on a coat was a mark of cadency.”
bendability
  1. The quality or degree of being bendable.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They show greater resistance to corrosion, have better bendability and are fire-resistant.”
      “Many studies have been carried out in the past to optimize the bendability of aluminium alloys.”
      “Eight-year-old divas on the VWs and Rovers, pounding up and down to test the bendability of the metal.”
bending
bentness
  1. Quality of being bent.
bends
  1. plural of bend
  2. (diving) A condition of bubbles in the blood which sometimes occurs during ascent.
  3. (nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
  4. Synonyms:
bendabilities
bentwoods
  1. plural of bentwood
bendlets
  1. plural of bendlet
bendings
bendels
  1. plural of bendel
bendies
  1. plural of bendy
bents
  1. plural of bent
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Intentionally choosing people with varying experiences, bents and expertise is preferable.”
      “His mother didn't have time or inclination to shape his creative bents, so he did so alone, and with the aid of teachers or circumstances.”
      “Spanning the distance between the bents is a steel beam system built compositely with a structural concrete deck.”
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