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Bend

Definition: Bend

Bend

Noun

1. A circular segment of a curve: "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path".

2. Movement that causes the formation of a curve.

3. Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.).

4. An angular shape made by folding.

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.

Verb

1. Form a curve; "The stick does not bent"; "Bend your knees".

2. Change direction; "The road bends".

3. Cause to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "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; "he crouched down"; "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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "bend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Bend

DomainDefinition

Industry

Half of a cattle hide butt. Source: European Union. (references)
 The butt is the thicker or hinder part of a hide or skin, a bend is a shape or size in which ox or cow-hides are tanned into leather, forming half of a butt. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

Change in the direction of a stream. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

A method of fastening one rope to another or to a ring loop by passing the rope through a loop and fastening it back around its own end. Source: European Union. (references)
 Part of a fish hook. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

Unintended departure from straightness in rod or tubing. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Bend meaning power, as Beyond my bend, i.e. my means or power. The allusion is to a bow or spring; if strained beyond its bending power, it breaks. (See Bent. ). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Public Administration

A smooth change in the direction of the longitudinal axis of a waveguide. Source: European Union. (references)

Sports & Leisure

To fasten a sail to the boom and mast; also to fasten one rope to another. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Bend

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A bend is a general term for a knot used to tie two ropes together.

A bend is also a term in heraldry. It refers to a colored band that runs from the upper right (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower left, covering approximately one-fifth the width of the shield.

A bend sinister is a bend which runs from the upper left (as seen by the viewer) corner of the shield to the lower right.

The diminutive (the name of the charge if it is smaller) of the bend is the bendlet and the diminutive of the bend sinister is the bendlet sinister.

In bend refers to the appearance of several items on the shield being lined up in the direction of a bend. For example, if three or four of a particular item were lined up so as to run from the upper right to the lower left.

A charge bendwise is slanted like a bend. (When a charge is placed on a bend, by default it is bendwise.)

A shield party per bend is divided into two parts by a single line which runs from the upper right to the lower left.

The equivalent terms can be constructed for bends sinister.


If you dive, see bends.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bend."

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Bend, Oregon

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Bend is a city located in Deschutes County, Oregon. The name Bend was derived from "Farewell Bend," the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town eventually was platted, one of the few fordable points along the river. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 52,029.

History

Until the winter of 1824, the Bend area was known only to native Americans who hunted and fished there. Members of a fur trapping party led by Peter Skene Ogden were the earliest visitors. John C. Fremont, Dr. John Strong Newberry and other Army survey parties came next. Then pioneers heading further west went through the area and forded the Deschutes River at Farewell Bend. Actual settlement did not occur until the early 1900s with the founding of the Pilot Butte Development Company by Alexander M. Drake. A small community developed around the bend in the river and in 1904 a city was incorporated by a general vote of the community's 300 residents. On January 4, 1905 the city held its first official meeting as an incorporated municipality, appointing A. H. Goodwillie as the first mayor. Twelve years later, Deschutes County was formed from the western half of Crook County and Bend was designated as the county seat. In 1929, Bend amended the charter and adopted the manager/council form of government.

Geography

Bend is located at 44°3'23" North, 121°18'29" West (44.056434, -121.308085)1. Elevation 3,623 feet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 83.5 km² (32.2 mi²). 82.9 km² (32.0 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.68% water.

Just south of Bend is Newberry National Volcanic Monument easily reached on U.S 97.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there are 52,029 people, 21,062 households, and 13,395 families residing in the city. The population density is 627.4/km² (1,624.8/mi²). There are 22,507 housing units at an average density of 271.4/km² (702.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 93.98% White, 0.28% African American, 0.79% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 2.12% from two or more races. 4.61% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 21,062 households out of which 31.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% are married couples living together, 9.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% are non-families. 26.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.6% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.42 and the average family size is 2.92.

In the city the population is spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 35 years. For every 100 females there are 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $40,857, and the median income for a family is $49,387. Males have a median income of $33,377 versus $25,094 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,624. 10.5% of the population and 6.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 13.8% are under the age of 18 and 5.8% are 65 or older.

Economy

Tourism is one of Bends largest sectors. Mount Bachelor ski resort brings in tourists from all over Oregon, Washington, and Northern California. The nearby Cascade Lakes are also a large draw for tourists.

Education

The Bend area is serviced by the Bend/LaPine school district. There are 4 high schools (grades 9-12), 4 middle schools (grades 6-8), 12 elementary schools (grades K-5) and 3 magnet schools. There are several private schools within the area as well. Central Oregon Community College (COCC) along with Oregon State University (OSU) serves the community with both 2 and 4 year programs.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Bend, Oregon."

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List of bend knots

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

List of bend knots.

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Synonyms: Bend

Synonyms: bend dexter (n), bending (n), crease (n), crimp (n), crook (n), curve (n), flexure (n), fold (n), plication (n), turn (n), bow (v), crouch (v), deflect (v), deform (v), flex (v), stoop (v), turn away (v), twist (v). (additional references)
Synonyms by domain: elbowing (mining).
Antonyms: straighten (v), unbend (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Bend

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Angularity

Angularity, angularness; aduncity; angle, cusp, bend; fold; notch; fork, bifurcation.

Circuition

Verb: turn, bend, wheel; go about, put about; heel; go round to the right about, turn round to the right about; turn on one's heel; make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle; go through x, go through x, pass through x, pass through x.

Curvature

Curvature, curvity, curvation; incurvature, incurvity; incurvation; bend; flexure, flexion, flection; conflexure; crook, hook, bought, bending; deflection, deflexion; inflection, inflexion; concameration; arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep; curl, curling; bough; recurvity, recurvation; sinuosity.

Render curved; Adjective: flex, bend, curve, incurvate; inflect; deflect, scatter; refract (light); crook; turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate; bow, curl, recurve, frizzle.

Depression

Sit, sit down; couch, squat, crouch, stoop, bend, bow; courtesy, curtsy; bob, duck, dip, kneel; bend the knee, bow the knee, bend the head, bow the head; cower; recline; (be horizontal).

Deviation

Verb: alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend; bend, curve; swerve, heel, bear off; gybe, wear.

Direction

Verb: tend towards, bend towards, point towards; conduct to, go to; point to, point at; bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.

Obliquity

Noun: obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness; Adjective: slopeness; leaning; Verb: bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion; bend; (curve); tower of Pisa.

Submission

Verb: succumb, submit, yeild, bend, resign, defer to.

Surrender, surrender at discretion; cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat; draw in one's horns; (humility); give way, give round, give in, give up; cave in; suffer judgment by default; bend, bend to one's yoke, bend before the storm; reel back; bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under; knock under.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Bend

English words defined with "bend": blind bendhairpin bendsheet bend. (references)
Specialty definitions using "bend": Bend Over, Here It Comes Again, bend shaftH bend, H-plane bendimpregnated bendlevelled bendreverse bendsharp bend. (references)
Etymologies containing "bend": supination. (references)

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Modern Usage: Bend

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Do not try and bend the spoon (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Excuse me, officers, but I hate to ask a law enforcement official to bend the rules, especially for Penal Code 117, Section 33b, but our house is at stake (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner)

Lord, I'd just like to thank You for that waitress in South Bend. You know who she is -- she kept calling Your name (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele)

You're just not going to bend on this commandeering thing are you (So I Married an Axe Murderer; writing credit: Robbie Fox.)

You cannot count the one in South Bend. He died of pnymonia (Arsenic and Old Lace; writing credit: Ryuzo Kikushima; Akira Kurosawa)

Lyrics

Come on the risin' wind, we're goin' up around the bend. (UP AROUND THE BEND; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Why let your shoulders bend underneath this burden when my back is sturdy and strong (Trouble Me; performing artist: 10,000 Maniacs)

The fire trucks are coming up around the bend (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

They bend, they fold, (Swing Swing; performing artist: ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS)

'Round the bend. (Somewhere Down The Road; performing artist: Faith Hill)

Clever

Better bend than break. (references; author: Scottish Proverb)

A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend (1957)

Bend of the River (1952)

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)

Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)

Beyond the Bend (1922)

Song Titles

Bend Me, Shape Me (performing artist: The American Breed)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bend

DomainTitle

Books

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Bend It Like Beckham (reference)

  • Bend of the River (reference)

  • James Stewart Westerns Boxed Set (Shenandoah / Bend of the River / The Far Country) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Bend

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A study in geometry - looking up a Bilby tower Station South Bend, Louisiana Traingulation Party of Eugene R. McCarthy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Traveling in style in the Big Bend Triangulation party of Wilbur M. Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Camp at Station Grande in the Big Bend area Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Mark and Angela Parker and their family working in their home garden. Gee's Bend, AL. May 1939. Credit: USDA.

Rice harvesting in Fort Bend County, Texas. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by David Nance..

A bend in the eastern end of Aravaiap Canyon fills with fall gold. Credit: Christine Maxa.

Rogue River - Horse Shoe Bend, aerial photo. Credit: Tom Dew.

Many small fish in the water of the Red Bend of Cottonwood Creek. OR 3-32. Credit: Conrad.

Green River at Bowknot Bend area near Moab, Utah. Credit: Jerry Sintz.

Big Bend National Park. Credit: NPS.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Bend
 

"Big Bend Desert Mountains" by Jeff Noble
Commentary: "A nice picture of part of the desert in Big Bend National Park, Texas."
"Danube bend" by Karoly Feher
Commentary: "This silver ribbon is in Hungary, Visegrád in 2002 november, it was a very nice autumn evening."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Sounds Captioned with "Bend".

PlayCaption
Highly active spacy texture with staccato melody and a pitch bend.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Bend

AuthorQuotation

Confucius

The relation between superiors and inferiors is like that between the wind and the grass. The grass must bend when the wind blows over it.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

My reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.

Scottish Proverb

Better bend than break.

Virgil

If I cannot bend Heaven, I shall move Hell.

Walter Savage Landor

People, like nails, lose their effectiveness when they lose direction and begin to bend.

William Congreve

Music has charms to soothe the savage beast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

Woodrow Wilson.

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Bend

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

Peterkau; then the boundary of Pomerania in an easterly direction to its junction with the boundary between the Kreise of Konitz and Schlochau; thence northwards the boundary between Pomerania and West Prussia to the point on the river Rheda about 3 kilometres northwest of Gohra where that river is joined by a tributary from the north-west; thence to a point to be selected in the bend of the Piasnitz river about 1 1/2 kilometres north-west of Warschkau: a line to be fixed on the ground; thence this river downstream, then the median line of Lake Zarnowitz, then the old boundary of West Prussia to the Baltic Sea. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Bend

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

She had taken up the idea, she supposed, and made every thing bend to it.

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

But there was no use in replying, as he had already vanished round the bend of the road

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

In the bend of his elbow might be seen the leaden head of his enormous cane, which disappeared behind him.

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

His lips would not bend to kiss her.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

He swung the great truck viciously around a bend and the tires shrilled

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Bend

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When you are home, try not to bend or lift heavy objects. (references)

In severe cases, the hardened plaque reduces flexibility, causing pain and forcing the penis to bend or arc during erection. (references)

In many cases, the pain decreases over time, but the bend in the penis may remain a problem, making sexual intercourse difficult. (references)

Economic History

China

Radical youth organizations, called Red Guards, attacked party and state organizations at all levels, seeking out leaders who would not bend to the radical wind. (references)

Eq. Guinea

Equatorial Guinea (EG), a nation with a land/water mass the size of Hawaii and a population of just over 500,000 inhabitants (2.9% growth rate), is located in the bend of the west coast of Africa. (references)

Hungary

Although the Hungarian Department of Tourism welcomes foreign visitors to Budapest, it is interested in encouraging them to venture outside of the city to areas such as the Danube Bend, the Great Plain, and historical cities like Szekesfehervar, Veszprem, and Pecs. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances, the absurdity being attested by his motley costume. The king himself being attired with dignity, it took the world some centuries to discover that his own conduct and decrees were sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind. The jester was commonly called a fool, but the poets and romancers have ever delighted to represent him as a singularly wise and witty person. In the circus of to-day the melancholy ghost of the court fool effects the dejection of humbler audiences with the same jests wherewith in life he gloomed the marble hall, panged the patrician sense of humor and tapped the tank of royal tears. The widow-queen of Portugal Had an audacious jester Who entered the confessional Disguised, and there confessed her. "Father," she said, "thine ear bend down -- My sins are more than scarlet: I love my fool -- blaspheming clown, And common, base-born varlet." "Daughter," the mimic priest replied, "That sin, indeed, is awful: The church's pardon is denied To love that is unlawful. "But since thy stubborn heart will be For him forever pleading, Thou'dst better make him, by decree, A man of birth and breeding." She made the fool a duke, in hope With Heaven's taboo to palter; Then told a priest, who told the Pope, Who damned her from the altar! Barel Dort

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Bend

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dan Rather

We are resolute. We will not flinch. We will not bend. We will not swerve. We will get out a first class evening news broadcast this evening.

Regis Philbin

To go to South Bend was really an eye-opening experience for me. But it was wonderful. I mean, Notre Dame, right away, I felt that spirit.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Bend

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969We welcome it--and we will bend it to the hopes of man.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Bend

"Bend" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.98% of the time. "Bend" is used about 1,227 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)50.98%62510,366
Lexical Verb (infinitive)29.48%36214,906
Lexical Verb (base form)18.81%23119,761
Noun (proper)0.65%8124,375
Noun (common)0.08%1339,140
                    Total100.00%1,227N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: Bend

The following table summarizes the usage of "bend" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BendLast name17052,897
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Cities: Bend


1. Bend, OR (city, FIPS 5800)
Location: 44.06605 N, 121.31105 W
Population (1990): 20469 (9004 housing units)
Area: 34.8 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 97701, 97702
Country: USA


2. Bend, TX
Zip Code(s): 76824
Country: USA

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Expressions: Bend

Expressions using "bend": backward bend be bend on beam bend becket bend bend a key out of shape bend again bend back bend backwards bend dexter bend double bend down bend forward bend in bend into shape bend lightly bend off bend on bend one's mind to bend one's steps towards bend over bend over backwards for smb. bend over one's work bend round Bend sinister bend smb. to one's will bend smb.'s ear bend smb.'s knees bend straight bend the brow bend the knee bend the knee to bend the neck bend the rules bend under bend under tuck in big Bend big Bend Nationa big Bend National Park Big Bend State blind bend Carrick bend double bend drive smb. round the bend Eagle Bend East Bend edge bend fisherman's bend Fort Bend County forward bend Gila Bend go round the bend Granny's bend Great Bend Grecian bend Greensboro Bend H bend hairpin bend hairpin curve bend hawser bend horseshoe bend ils glide path bend impregnated bend inward bend knee bend levelled bend localizer course bend Malta Bend midship bend Mission Bend North Bend north bend wa one sixteen bend one thirty two bend Post Oak Bend City quarter bend return bend River Bend round the bend sharp bend sheet bend signal halliard bend single bend single sheet bend South Bend stiffness in bend To bend the brow twisty bend Valley Bend Vinegar Bend waveguide bend West Bend. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bend": bend-i-bus, bend-leather, bend-up.

Ending with "bend": u-bend.

Containing "bend": s-bend distortion.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bend

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bend oregon

3,442

beaver bend

223

south bend indiana

2,343

toledo bend

217

bend it like beckham

1,916

north bend washington

174

south bend tribune

1,392

grand bend ontario

151

bend over

619

beaver bend state park

141

bend oregon real estate

497

appraisal bend district fort

139

fort bend isd

442

fort bend independent school district

132

west bend wi

435

bend daily news west

109

north bend oregon

431

big bend community college

108

bend bulletin

397

coastal bend college

106

big bend national park

349

bend great tribune

103

south bend

332

fort bend county texas

95

west bend

319

bend or real estate

84

bend

310

fort bend

81

fort bend county

305

south bend lathe

81

big bend

269

bend of river

80

great bend ks

253

indiana university south bend

80

grand bend

246

south bend hotel

79

appraisal bend county district fort

237

beech bend

77

north bend ohio

223

north bend

77
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Modern Translation: Bend

Language Translations for "bend"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

buig. (various references)

   

Albanian

  

bërryl (elbow, loop, offset, oxbow, toggle, twist, winding), bindem (answer, comply, follow, make sure, obey), bëj kthesë, lidh (articulate, associate, bind, buckle, bundle, colligate, concatenate, connect, couple, do up, dress, enfetter, fasten, glue, hitch, hook up, interconnect, join, joint, lace, ligate, link, moor, regard, relate, respect, solder, splice, string, switch on, tie, tie down, truss, unite), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, direct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), gërmuqem, gjunjëzohem (be submitted, fall upon one's knees, genuflect, kneel, kneel down, prostrate), grafik (chart, curvature, curve, diagram, graph, graphic, graphical), kërrusem (bow, stoop), kthehem (backtrack, come back, flounce, get back, go back, lurch, move back, redound, rejoin, return, set, slew, start back, take turns, turn aside, turn back, turn over, turn round, veer, wheel), kthej (bandy, bow, bring back, convert, disgorge, fold in, give back, head off, lift down, replace, restore, return, slew, throw back, transform, transit, turn, turn aside, turn down), kthesë (bow, circumvolution, crook, curve, elbow, flexure, jar, offset, oxbow, sinuosity, slew, switch, turn, turn round, turnabout, twist, volte-face, wheel, wheeling, wind), lakoj (crook, curve, decline, inflect), vendoj, nënshtoj, nënshtrohem (be smb.'s dependent, come under, defer, expose, knuckle under, own up, stoop, surrender), nyjë (article, articulation, center, hinge, hitch, hub, joint, knot, knuckle, knuckle joint, knurl, node, nodular, nodus), përkul (crook, curve, decline, double, flex, hunch, incline, inflect, overarch, warp, weigh down), përkulem (bend over, bow, bow down, cant, crouch, curtsey, curtsy, hook, incurve, lean, sag, stoop), përkulje (Bob, bow, crouch, curtsey, curtsy, curvature, droop, flection, flex, flexion, flexure, incurvation, incurvature, inflection, reverence, sag, stoop, warp), thyej (break, break to pieces, cash, change, crack up, demolish, fold, fracture, hurt, mammock, maul, mill, refract, rupture, shatter, shiver, sliver, smash, snap, Spall, split, stamp, transgress, worst, wreck), ul kokën (bow, dip), ulem (alight, bend over, burn down, decrease, deepen, descend, dip, drop, duck, fall, go down, recede, sink, sit, sit down, take a seat), vë re (behold, cognize, descry, espy, notice, overlook, reck, remark), lakohem (be declined). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏عقدة في حبل (bight), ‏ثنى (deter, dissuade, drape, flex, fold, folding, goffer, hire, inflect, lap, pat, pleat, pliable, praise, pucker, replicate, tribute, tuck), ‏ثني (flection, flex, flexion, pleat, pleating, turn up), ‏ألتواء, ‏إلتواء مفتوح (twist), ‏إنحناء (bowing, crook, crouch, curvature, dipping, drooping, duck, stoop, tendency), ‏إنحنى (bend over, bent, bow, crouch, curve, dip, double up, droop, duck, hunch, incline, low bow, recline, sag, stoop, tip), ‏ثبت (affirm, anchor, assure, aver, belay, belt, bite, bolt, bolt on, brace, cable, catch, chock, confirm, corroborate, countersign, demonstrate, display, endure, establish, evince, fastening, fix, lash, last, pin down, plant, prove, reinforce, secure, set, spike, stabilize, stay, steady, stick, strengthen, substantiate, testify, validate, verify, warrant), ‏طىء, ‏منعطف (bight, curve, kink, serpentine, turn, turning, twist), ‏عمل بهمة, ‏تقوس (arch, bow, curve, hog, sweep), ‏حنية (groin), ‏وجه الذهن, ‏لوى (bent, contort, curl, flex, incline, screw, turn, twist, wrench, wring, writhe, wry), ‏لى, ‏مال (assets, be inclined, bent, cant, capital, chattel, coins, estate, feel sympathy for, funds, gold, incline, lean, like, pelf, possessions, property, purse, shekels, skew, slant, slope, sympathize with, tilt, tip), ‏خضع (bow, compel, conquer, hew, knuckle under, kowtow, reclaim, reduce, steady, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit, subordinate, succumb, throw in one's hand, undergo, wash, yield). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

напрягам (call forth, exert, hump, intensify, overstrain, rack, strain, string up, tense), извивам (convolve, curl, curve, elbow, incurve, pull round, recurve, screw, turn, twine, twist, wreathe, wring, writhe), извивка (convolution, crook, curve, flection, flexion, fold, incurvation, indentation, kink, return, sinuosity, sweep, tortuousity, twine, twist, wave, wind, winding), изгърбвам (hump), подвивам (clench, tuck, tuck in, turn back), подгъвам се, подчинявам (overmaster, overpower, prostrate, subdue, subject, subordinate, tame, tie down, vanquish), поврат (change, mutation, quirk, turn, turning point), покланям се (bow, deify, revere, worship), превивам (bow down), прегъвам (fold, reflect, turn, turn back), изопачавам (become distorted, color, colour, contort, corrupt, deform, distort, falsify, mangle, mutilate, pervert, torture, travesty, turn about, twist), завързвам (contract, fasten, gripe, knit, lash down, make fast, moor, secure, tie up), съсредочавам (apply, center on, concentrate), навеждам се (bend forward, bend over, couch, crouch, nod, reach down, stoop), насочвам в друга посока, опъвам (draw, pull, set up, strain, stretch, string up, tauten, tighten), огъната част, огънато място, огъвам (curve, flex, strain), отклонявам (abduct, avert, call off, deflect, detract, deviate, disincline, divagate, divert, fence off, head off, put off, shunt, siphon off, stave off, swerve, throw down, throw off, turn aside, turn off, wave away), вид моряшки възел, гуляй (bat, bender, binge, blowout, bout, bum, carouse, drinking bout, feed, jamboree, junket, racket, randan, rant, rattle, razzle, razzle-dazzle, revel, revelry, rouse, soak, spree, tear, wassail), чупка (crease, Crinkle, kink, return, traverse), свивам (constrict, contract, convulse, cop, double, double up, draw, knap, knit, knit together, knot, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, turn down, twist, wad, warp, work), завой (crook, curve, elbow, flexure, hook, return, sinuosity, sweep, tortuousity, turn, turning, wind, winding). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(leap), (break in two, contrary, stubborn), 彎曲 (bent, curve, warp, wind), (bent), (bends, Bent). (various references)

   

Czech

  

uzel (bundle, clove hitch, junction, knot, knur, knurl, node), ohnout se (buckle, hook), ohyb (bent, crook, curve, elbow, flex, offset, turn), podrobit se (comply, knuckle under, obey, resign, submit), pokřivit se, pokrèit (flex, shrug), koleno (elbow, knee, knuckle), sklonit (dip, keep), zkřivit (contort, distort), zákrut (crank, crook, elbow), zaboèovat, zahnout (clench, clinch, turn, turn down, turn in), zakřivení (curvature), zamìřit (concentrate), zatáèka (corner, curve, roundabout, turn, turning), pokrčit. (various references)

   

Danish

  

sving (curve), bøje sig (stoop), bøje (be inclined, buoy, incline). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ombuigen, doorbuigen, buigen (bow, curtsy, incline, stoop, tilt), bocht (curve, golf, gulf, refuse, rubbish, turn, waste). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

kurbo (curve), kurbigi, kurbiĝi, klini sin (stoop), klini (incline, tilt), fleksita, fleksiĝi, fleksi. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

boyggja (incline, tilt), benda (incline, tilt), hella (incline, tilt). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

منحرف کردن (Alienate, Calloff, Deflect, Divert, Pervert, Shunt, Swerve, Warp, Wring), کوشش کردن (Assay, Attempt, Labor, Peg, Strive, Struggle, Try), کج کردن (Contort, Crook, Deflect, Distort, Hook, Incline, Inflect, List, Slant, Strain, Tilt, Top), گیره (Clamp, Cleat, Dog, Jaw, Nip, Pawl, Pin, Pincer, Retainer, Trigger), تعظیم کردن (Beck, Bow), زانویه , زانوءی (Joint, Knee, Siphon), خمیدن (Retroflex), خمیدگی (Bent, Curvature, Loop, Offset, Rake, Stoop), خمش , خم کردن (Crank, Crook, Crump, Flex, Hunch, Incline, Limber, Reeve, Wry), شرایطخمیدگی , دولاکردن (Double, Ply), بذل مساعی کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

taivuttaa (bow, conjugate, decline, fold, induce, inflect, persuade), taive (fold), mutka (curve, detour). (various references)

   

French

  

virage, ployer, pli, pencher, incliner (be inclined), fléchir, courber, coude (bent tube, river bend, sharp bend). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ferbûge. (various references)

   

German

  

kurve (corner, curve, graph, trajectory, turn, twist), krümmen (arch, crank, crook, double, hunch, hunch up, meander, skew, to crank, to crook, to curve, writhe), biegen (bow, curtsy, curve, flex, flexure, inflect, stoop, to bend, to curve, to flex, to inflect, turn, wangle), sich beugen (bow, bow down, stoop, submit, succumb), neigen (bow, bow down, incline, tend, tilt, tilt over, tip, tipping, trend), krümmung (bending, crook, curvature, curve, figure, flexion, meander, turn), Bogen (arc, arch, bow, bulge, curve, detour, quire, scallop, sheet, sheet of paper, slur, span, sweep, swerve, tie, turn), biegung (curve, elbow, flexuosity, inflection, inflexion, turning, twist), beugen (conjugate, decline, deflect, diffract, inflect, submit, to diffract). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κύρτωση (curvature), δέσιμο (binding, dressing, fastening, lacing, tying). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מפתל (curve, lay, twist), לקוד (bow), לפתל (curl, twist, wind), לעקום, לעקם (contort, curve, distort, flex, twist, warp), לכופף (crook, curve, flex), לכפוף (bow down, compel, curve, incline, stoop, subject), להתכופף (bow, crouch, double up, duck, stoop), להרכין (bow, droop, incline, stoop, tilt), לגחות (incline, lean), לרכון (incline, lean), לסגוד (adore, prostrate oneself, worship), פתול (coil, corded, curve, kink, meander, torsion, twist, wrick), חמוק (curve), סבוב (circle, circuit, spin, surrounding, tour, turn). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hajlás (camber, flexion, hang, incline, lean, ply, rise, splay, sweep, synclinal, talus, tilt), görbület (bending, camber, crook, curvature, curve, elbow, flex, long bend, ply). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

mencondongkan (cause to incline), membungkukkan, membengkok, kelok. (various references)

   

Irish

  

feac. (various references)

   

Italian

  

curvarsi (bow, cant, crook, curve, stoop, warp), curva (bent, bow, curve, turn, turning, twist), piegare (bow, crook, diffract, droop, duck, flex, fold, give in, incline, inflect, lap, subdue, tend, tilt, tuck, turn, yield), curvatura (bending, buckle, camber, crook, crookedness, curvature, curve, curving, flexion, stoop, warp). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

褶曲 (geologic fold), 歪み (distortion, injustice, strain), 曲がり目 (curve, turn), 曲がり (curvature, warp), 彎曲 (crook, curve), 弯曲 (crook, curve). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

しゅうきょく (close, conclusion, denouement, end, end of a game of go, final, finale, geologic fold, ultimate), ひずみ (distortion, strain), まがりめ (a corner, bend in the road, curve, turn, turning point), まがり (curvature, renting a room, warp), いがみ (distortion, strain), わんきょく (crook, curve), ゆがみ (distortion, injustice, strain). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

굴곡 (bends). (various references)

   

Malagasy

  

kihon-dalana. (various references)

   

Manx

  

lhoobey (arching, bow, coil, coiling, curl up, curve, double over, flex, hunch, incurvate, inflect, inflexion, loop, looping, sag, squirm, stoop, stooping, twine, winding, wriggle, writhe), lhoob (coil, convolution, curve, flexion, gulf, hank, hoop, link, rabbit snare, shackle, snare, staple clasp, stitch, twine, twine of snake, twirl), kiangley (anchoring, anchoring building, article, article to trade, attach, band, bandage, bandaging, belay, bind, bind down, binding, bond, bow knot, bundle, compress, condition, condition terms, connect, constipate, constrain, dress, dressing, envoy, envoy of poem, fasten down, fastening, influence, involvement, juncture, link, lock, lock in, locking, make fast, nexus, obligation, pin, pinion, relationship, retain, retention, secure, shackle, stipulation, tether, tie, tie down, tie on, tie up, tying, vinculum), croymmey (bow, crouch, double over, double up; obeisance, hold down, lean forward, stoop, tip over). (various references)

   

Maya

  

och (to bend down). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

sving (curve), kurve (curve). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

birada (curve), lorada (curve), dobla (fold). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

endbay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

volta (bent, circuit, detour, dog-collar, gyre, jaunt, meander, regress, revolution, round, roundabout, slue, spire, stroll, sweep, tour, turnabout, turning, twiddle, twirl, twist, wimple, winding), curvatura (bent, buckle, curvature, flexure, hog, wind), curva (bent, bow, crook, curve, flexion, knee, meander, turn, turnabout, turning, twist, winding), torcer (contort, convolute, kink, screw, spin, sprain, strain, tweak, twiddle, twine, twirl, twist, warp, wind, wrench, wrick, wring, writhe), (burl, joint, kink, knot, knur, knurl, knurr, nodosity, nodus, tie, tying), dobrar (bow, curve, double, flex, furl, hinge, quill), dobra (crease, crinkle, crumple, double, fold, gather, kink, lappet, meander, plait, pleat, plica, ply, ruck, turnback, turn-down, turnover, winding, wrinkle), curvar (bow, buckle, crook, deflect, dip, incline, round), arco (arc, arch, arch-, archway, rim, round, tire). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

îndoi (bow, cockle, crease, crook, crouch, curve, dog's-ear, double, draw, ear-mark, fold, hunch, inflect, ply, redouble, stoop, tuck in). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

напрягаться (exert oneself, strain), изогнуть, извилина (circumvolution, flexure, meanders, sinuosity), изгиб (arc, crook, curvature, curve, double, flection, flexure, incurvation, inflection, meanders, offset, twist, wriggle), изгибать (bend down, curve), изгибаться (curve, wriggle), искривить (distort), искривлять (contort, distort), подгибать (bend under, tuck, tuck in), поворачивать (slue round, slues, turn, turned, turning), покорять (enslave, reduce, subdue, subjugate, vanquish), покоряться (bow, submit), излучина, напрягать (exert, rack, strain, stretch), сгибаться (bow down, curve), нагибаться (stoop), нагнуться (stoop), наклонить (bow), наклонять (cant, decline, droop, incline, lean, slants, slope, stoop, tilt, tilting, tip, vail), наклоняться (bend over, decline, dip, incline, lean, nod, stoop, tilt, tip), выгиб (camber, hogging, incurvation), гнуть (curve, flex, inflect), гнуть поворот, гнуться, клонить (incline), согнуть, сгибать (buckle, crook, flex, fold, hunch, inflect), загнуть. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

lùb (consent, humble, incline, loop, noose, snare, stoop, yield), aom (droop, incline, yield). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

poviti se (bow), iskriviti (contort, curve, distort, spring, turn aside, warp, wry), iskriviti se, izvitoperiti (warp), krivina (camber, curvature, curve, flexure, sinuosity, sinus), luk (arc, bow, drawing bow, onion, sinuosity, vault), nagnuti se (hang out, list), nakriviti (slant), okuka (curve, quirk, turning), pognuti (stoop), čvor (hub, junction, knob, knot, nautical mile, node, nodus), poviti (bow, hunch, recurve, scrunch, stoop, swaddle), zgrbiti, pregib (curve), presamititi (stoop), previti, prevoj (ablaut, saddle), sagnuti (bow, stoop), savijutak (fold), saviti (buckle, camber, curl, flex, fold, furl, inflect, recurve), ugnuti (buckle, dent), vijuga (circumvolution, curve, twist, whorl, winding), potčiniti (master, subdue, subject, subjugate, submit). (various references)

   

Shona

  

-gonya (to bend). (various references)

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