BENDY

Definition: BENDY

BENDY

Adjective

1. Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Note: Bendy \Ben"dy\, adjective. [From Bend band.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: BENDY

Domain	Definitions
Literature	Bendy (Old ). The devil, who is willing to bend to anyone's inclination. The way of sin is so broad that every shade of error can be admitted without obstruction. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: BENDY

English words defined with "BENDY": bendy tree. (references)

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Modern Usage: BENDY

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

You all see the street do that bendy thing? (Angel; writing credit: Let�cia Dornelles)

Bendy straws make drinking more pleasurable. (Ed; writing credit: Steven Joel Kerzner)

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Commercial Usage: BENDY

Domain	Title
Books	Keep on Smilin: A Bendy Legs Book (reference) Mr. Potato Head on the Road (Mr. Potato Head Bendy Leg Books) (reference) Mrs. Potato Head Goes Window-Shopping (Mr. Potato Head Bendy Leg Books) (reference) Sock Monkey Bendy Toy (Sock Monkey) (reference) Bendy and Rigid (Royston, Angela. My World of Science.) (reference) (more book examples)
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Usage Frequency: BENDY

"BENDY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BENDY" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	34	59,261

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: BENDY

The following table summarizes the usage of "BENDY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Bendy	Last name	100	75,043
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: BENDY

Expression using "BENDY": bendy tree. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "BENDY": bendy-sole.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: BENDY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
bendy	19
bendy shoal year	3
bendy toy	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: BENDY

Language		Translations for "BENDY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
German		kurvenreich (curvaceous, serpentine, shapely, winding). (various references)

Pig Latin		endybay

Russian		сгибающийся. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: BENDY

Derivations
	Words beginning with "BENDY": bendys. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"BENDY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: banty, Banwy, beedy, beende, beeny, Bemy, benadryl, Bency, benda, bende, Bendyk, bendys, Bendysh, Benedia, Benney, benti, benty, beny, Benyi, bindi, Bondy, bundi, bundy, Jendyk, kandy, lendy, pendy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "BENDY"

Words rhyming with "BENDY" (pronounced 'Ben"dy'): BRANDY, Cloddy, Coddymoddy, Crowdy, Daddy, Dandy, Discandy, findy, Hendy, howdy, Jack-a-dandy, Maundy, middy, Milady, Neddy, noddy, Overhardy, Pandowdy, Predy, Quandy, Rody, rowdy, shindy, Shreddy, soddy, Stiddy, toddy, tody, Twaddy, Tydy, untidy, Widdy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: BENDY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-n-y"
	-1 letter: bend, deny, dyne.
	-2 letters: bed, ben, bey, bye, deb, den, dey, dye, end, neb, yen.
	-3 letters: be, by, de, ed, en, ne, ye.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-n-y"
	+1 letter: benday, bendys, beyond.
	+2 letters: bendays, beyonds, bindery, bylined.
	+3 letters: bendayed, bendways, boneyard, deniably, underbuy, vendibly.
	+4 letters: anybodies, bayoneted, beladying, bellyband, bendaying, blarneyed, boneyards, boyfriend, bystander, definably, embodying, endurably, indelibly, rebodying, underbody, underbuys.
	+5 letters: bayonetted, bedirtying, bellybands, boyfriends, bystanders, cybernated, debonairly, defensibly, dependably, disobeying, incredibly, molybdenum, obediently, prebendary, unabatedly, undeniably, underbelly.
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