Vocabulary : Bend to Bene placito
Bend : To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. ;; To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. ;; To apply closely or with interest; to direct. ;; To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. ;; To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. ;; To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. ;; To jut over; to overhang. ;; To be inclined; to be directed. ;; To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. ;; A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. ;; Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. ;; A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. ;; The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. ;; Hard, indurated clay; bind. ;; same aBendable : Capable of being bent.
Bended : of Bend
Bender : One who, or that which, bends. ;; An instrument used for bending. ;; A drunken spree. ;; A sixpence.
Bending : of Bend ;; The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
