Unbend

Definition: Unbend

Unbend

Verb

1. Straighten up or out; make straight.

2. Unfasten, as a sail, from a spar or a stay.

3. Free from flexure, as of a bow.

4. Make less tight; "relax the tension on the rope".

5. Become less tense; "He relaxed in the hot tub".

6. Release from mental strain, tension, or formality; "unbend the mind from absorbing too much information".

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

Date "unbend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1606. (references)

Synonyms: Unbend

Incogitancy

Put away thought; unbend the mind, relax the mind, divert the mind, veg out.

Repose

Relax, unbend, slacken; take breath; (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause; (cease); stay one's hand.

Straightness

Render straight, straighten, rectify; set straight, put straight; unbend, unfold, uncurl; unravel; unwrap.

Crosswords: Unbend

Expressions using "unbend": unbend the mind ♦ unbend your body!. Additional references.

Albanian

shtendosem (loosen up, unwind), shtendos (slacken), i drejtuar (addressed, directional, guided, manned, operated, ruled, superscript), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, 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, vector), bëhem i thjeshtë, çliroj (affranchise, cast off, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, disenthrall, emancipate, evolve, extricate, heal, liberate, lighten, ransom, release, relieve, rescue, rid, set at large, set free, set loose, unfetter, unpeg). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حل (acquit, become, clear up, crack, detach, disband, disengage, disentangle, disintegrate, dismissal, dispensation, dissolve, exonerate, fix, free, hash, loose, ravel out, releasing, resolution, resolve, settle, settlement, settling, solution, solve, solvent, unclasp, uncoil, undo, undoing, unfasten, unfastening, unhook, untangle, untie, untwine, untying, unwind), ‏جعله مستقيما, ‏إستقام (go straight, straighten), ‏إسترخى (dangle, laze, loll, lounge, refresh, relax, sprawl, unbuckle, unwind), ‏رخي (easy, loose, loosen, mollify, relax, relinquish, slack, unhand). (various references)

Bulgarian 

успокоявам (allay, appease, assuage, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, compose, conciliate, cool, ease, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quiet, quiet down, quieten, reassure, relieve, salve, settle, silence, sleek, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillize), разхлабвам (ease, loosen, open, relax, unbrace, undo, unfasten, ungird, unknot, unlash, unloose, unstrap), развързвам (cast off, disengage, loose, loosen, solve, unbind, uncord, undo, unfasten, unknot, unlash, unleash, unstring, untether, untie), отпускам (allocate, allot, ease off, grant, issue, loosen, pay away, pay out, relax, release, slack, slacken, slouch, unbrace, unfasten, unleash, unrein, untuck, unwind), омеквам (become soft, give, mellow, melt, relent, soften), оправям (adjust, disembroil, disentangle, do a room, heal, make, patch, planish, pull round, pull through, put in order, put right, readjust, right, righten, set right, sleave, straighten, tide, true, unkink, unravel, wipe up). (various references)

Chinese 

伸直 (unbending, unbent, uncurl, uncurled). (various references)

Czech

uvolnit se (come adrift, loosen up, slacken, unbutton, unclench, unfasten, unfreeze, unwind, unyoke), propustit (discharge, dismiss, displace, let off, let out, relegate, remove, sack, turn away, turn off), narovnat (put things straight, right, straighten, uncurl). (various references)

Farsi 

رهاکردن (Abandon, Bolt, Disentangle, Dispossess, Drop, Extricate, Lax, Leave, Let, Liberate, Loose, Release, Surrender, Uncork, Uncouple, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhand, Unhook, Unleash, Unloose, Unsling), راست کردن (Erect, Straighten), شل کردن (Jellify, Lax, Loosen, Relax, Slack, Unbind, Unbrace, Unhitch, Unhook, Unloose, Unstring), بازکردن (Disclose, Disengage, Disentangle, Evolve, Solve, Splay, Unbrace, Undo, Unfasten, Unfix, Unfold, Unhinge, Unhitch, Unlock, Unpack, Untie, Untwist, Unwreathe). (various references)

Finnish

oieta (come uncurled, straighten). (various references)

French

se redresser, se détendre (unbuckle, unwind), redresser, détendre (unload), démonter (unhinge, unhorse, unstitch). (various references)

German

entspannen (ease, relax, slacken, to relax, to slacken, unbent, uncock, untighten, wind down). (various references)

Greek 

ισιάζω (straighten), χαλαρώνω (loosen, relax, slacken, unwind, wind down), χαλαρώ (loosen, relax, ret, uncoil, unfasten, unfix). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תרכרך. (various references)

Hungarian

kifújja magát (blow off steam, to draw breath), kiegyenesedik (straighten, to rear oneself up, to straighten, to straighten one's back), kiegyenesít (align, conk, erect, straighten, to even, to hone, to rectify, to set aright, to straighten). (various references)

Indonesian

melepaskan (disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, dislocate, relinquish, undo, unscrew, waive). (various references)

Italian

sciogliere (be dissolved, break up, crack, deatch, detach, disband, dissolve, loose, loosen, melt, release, render, resolve, set free, shake out, solve, thaw, unbind, unchain, undo, unfix, untie), rilassarsi (relax, unwind), rilassare (abandon ship, abate, relax, slacken), raddrizzarsi (straighten), raddrizzare (correct, right, straighten, straighten oneself up, straighten out), farsi affabile, distendere (extend, lay, lie down, outstretch, relax, settle, splay, spread, stretch). (various references)

Manx

jeeraghey (aim, erect, focus, level, point, rectification, rectifier, straighten, straightening, train, train as gun). (various references)

Pig Latin

endunbay.(various references)

Portuguese

tornar lasso, soltar (cob, discharge from, drop, extricate, free, give off, give over, heave, let go, let loose, liberate, loose, loosen, open, release, relinquish, set free, set up, slacken, throw, unbind, unbrace, uncage, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unfix, unhand, unleash, unlink, unshackle, unstrap, untwine, utter), distender (bag, distend, wrench), desentesar, desempenar (dress, planish, straighten), desamarrado (untied), afrouxar (ease, let up, loose, loosen, relax, slacken, unbrace, unfix, weaken), abrandar (appease, attemper, calm down, deaden, decelerate, dilute, diminish, ease, extenuate, fall, flatten, mellow, mitigate, moderate, modify, mutate, pass off, quiet, reduce, relax, relent, relieve, season, slacken, slake, soften, soothe, unbrace, voice). (various references)

Romanian

se redresa, se destinde (rebound, relaxe, slacken, spring), se îndrepta (bear, bear in with, draw, head, line out, make, make for, mend one's ways, stand, straighten, take to, trend towards), relaxa (recreate, relax, rest), reduce (abate, abridge, ax, axe, bear down, bring, cancel out, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, derogate, detract, diminish, discount, draw in, drop, extenuate, fine down, knock down, knock off, lessen, lower, make good, narrow down, pare down, prune, recover, reduce, retrench, slacken, stint, stop, weaken), dezdoi, înmuia (dabble, dip, drench, immerse, mellow, melt, poach, relent, ret, soak, soften, steep), îndrepta (aim, align, amend, bend, better, cast, chasten, correct, direct, drive, guide, head for, improve, lead, mend, point at, reclaim, recover, redeem, redress, reduce, reform, remedy, right, send, set, shape, steer, straighten, tend, train). (various references)

Russian 

выпрямлять (erect, flatten, rectify, straighten, unbent). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

poravnan, ispravljen, ispraviti (amend, rectify, redress, revise, set right, set straight, straighten, uncurl, untwist). (various references)

Spanish

flexibilizarse (limber up), enderezarse (level off, lever, straighten), enderezar (bend straight, bump, erect, put up, right, straighten, straighten out). (various references)

Swedish

tina upp (defrost, loosen up, thaw out), slappna av, räta (right side, straighten). (various references)

Turkish

yumuşatmak (attemper, chasten, dulcify, limber up, loosen, mellow, melt, moderate, mollify, mute, relax, season, shake up, smooth, soft pedal, soften, supple, tame, unman), yumuşamak (let loose, let upon, limber up, mellow, melt, moderate, relax, relent, soften, sweeten), rahatlatmak (comfort, de-stress, disburden, disembarrass, ease, facilitate, lighten, relax, relieve, relieve one's mind, salve, straighten smb. out, thaw, thaw out, unbrace, unburden), rahatlamak (ease, feel relieved, let go, let one's hair down, let oneself go, open out, relax), gevşetmek (ease, enervate, let go, limber up, loosen, loosen up, relax, release, slack, slack off, slack up, slacken, start, unbrace, unfasten, ungird, unloose, unstring), gevşemek (come loose, come unstuck, cool down, ease off, fade, flag, get loose, go limp, languish, let go, let up, let upon, loosen, relax, slack, slack off, slacken, soften, unbrace oneself, unwind, work loose), fora etmek (unfurl, unmoor, unship), doğrultmak (aim, Orient, orientate, Plumb, point, present, range, rectify, right, straighten, train, true up, uncross, up with), düzeltmek (adjust, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, dub, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, rectify, redress, refine, reform, regenerate, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unscramble, upgrade), ciddiyeti bırakmak, açılmak (admit smb. into one's confidence, air, bare, be opened, become relaxed, come loose, come open, come undone, disclose one's secret, disentangle, disperse, diverge, effuse, expand, fine, flower, gape, get loose, go up, loosen, loosen up, open, open in, open oneself, open out, open up, recrudesce, refresh, spread, thaw, uncurl, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unload, untwine, untwist, unwind, work loose, yawn). (various references)

Ukrainian

розслаблятися (relax), випрямлятися (straighten), випрямляти (erect, straighten), ослабляти напруження, пом'якшуватися (ease off, ease up, milden, relent, soften, temper). (various references)

retendo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "unbend": unbendable, unbended, unbending, unbends. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Unbend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Angband, Dunhenda, enbind, inbend, nuben, unban, unbane, unbead, unbid, unboned, unbred, Unibond, upbend. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: bedu, bend, bund, bunn, dune, nude, unbe, unde.

-3 letters: bed, ben, bud, bun, deb, den, dub, due, dun, end, neb, nub, nun.

-4 letters: be, de, ed, en, ne, nu, un.

+1 letter: bounden, unbends, unboned.

+2 letters: dubonnet, unbanned, unbended, unbidden, unbundle, unburden, unburned.

+3 letters: abundance, beduncing, burdening, debunking, dubonnets, inbounded, sunburned, turbanned, unbandage, unbending, unblended, unblinded, unbounded, unbranded, unbundled, unbundles, unburdens.

+4 letters: abundances, blundering, husbandmen, nondurable, rebounding, spunbonded, subtending, unbalanced, unbandaged, unbandages, unbeholden, unbendable, unblenched, unbonneted, unbranched, unburdened, unbuttoned, uncombined, undeniable, undeniably, unfindable, unnumbered, windburned.

+5 letters: bludgeoning, boundedness, buckskinned, nondurables, unburdening, undanceable, undauntable, undefinable, underbuying, undrinkable, unendurable, unendurably, uninhabited, uninhibited.