bend
bend
- n a circular segment of a curve
a bend in the road - n movement that causes the formation of a curve
- n curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
- n an angular or rounded shape made by folding
a bend of his elbow - n a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
- n diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- v form a curve
The stick does not bend - v change direction
The road bends - v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
bend the rod - v bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- v turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- v bend a joint
bend your knees
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- One example of a reform proposal that could bend the curve is providing and funding more preventive care, which is cheaper than treating chronic diseases that develop when people .
- Twain placed Huck and Jim on the river because the river was time, motion, beauty, baptism and violence, but mainly because one could not see around the bend.