bend

  • 51bend — 1. verb 1) the frames can be bent to fit your face Syn: curve, angle, hook, bow, arch, flex, crook, hump, warp, contort, distort, deform Ant: straighten 2) …

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  • 52bend — Ordinary Or di*na*ry, n.; pl. {Ordinaries} ( r[i^]z). 1. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by deputation. (b) (Eng. Law) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an… …

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  • 53bend — 1. verb /bɛnd/ a) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. <!accomplishment,achievement If you bend the pipe too far, it will break. b) To become …

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  • 54Bend — Her. An honourable ordinary, one of nine, being a broad line or strap drawn from the shield s *dexter *chief to the *sinister base, i.e. top right to bottom left. A bend usually occupies one third of the field. Cf. Bend sinister; Bendy; Ordinary2 …

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  • 55Bend — Original name in latin Bend Name in other language Behnd, Bend, ben de, bendo, bnd, awrgn, Бенд, Бэнд State code US Continent/City America/Los Angeles longitude 44.05817 latitude 121.31531 altitude 1106 Population 76639 Date 2011 05 14 …

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  • 56bend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. curve, turn. v. i. give, yield; curve. v. t. control; shape. See softness, authority, curvature, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crook, bow, arch; see curve 1 . v. 1. [To force out of a straight… …

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  • 57bend —    obsolete    to drink intoxicants to excess    Probably a shortened form of bend the elbow, from the locomotion of the drinking vessel:     Bend well to the Madeira at dinner. (E. B. Ramsay, 1859)    See also elbow bending. Bent still means… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 58bend — (F.) [ ﺪﻨﺑ ] 1. bağ. 2. zincir. 3. boğum. 4. bend, fıkra. 4. baraj, su bendi. ♦ bend olmak bağlanmak …

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  • 59bend —  1. Crash (e.g. damage a car).  2. bend over backwards Go to considerable trouble, show considerable flexibility (usu. to accommodate some person or thing).  3. See round the bend …

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  • 60bend to — phr verb Bend to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑will …

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