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bend β€” to curve or cause something to curve

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to curve or cause something to curve

Pronunciation (IPA): /bend/

Example Sentences

  • My grandpa can still bend down to tie his shoes, but he groans like a rusty door.
  • The spoon bent when I tried to scoop the frozen ice cream.
  • She can bend her thumb backwards so far that it freaks everyone out.

bend

VERB

[/bend/]

to curve or cause something to curve

The blacksmith heats the iron rod and bends it into a perfect horseshoe curve.
πŸ’‘ Concept

The blacksmith heats the iron rod and bends it into a perfect horseshoe curve.

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🎀Pronunciation

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US/bend/
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ UK/bend/

🌳Etymology

Rootbend

Origin

From Old English 'bendan' meaning 'to bend or draw a bow,' related to Proto-Germanic *bandjan. The word is connected to the concept of tension and curvature.

Breakdown

bend (verb) - a single morpheme with no productive prefixes or suffixes in its base form; the root word comes from Old English and cannot be further decomposed into meaningful component parts

🎡Rhyme

endsendspendtendlend
end
send
spend
tend
lend

πŸ”—Collocations

sharp bend
bend over
bend the rules
around the bend
bend down
bend backwards
bend someone's ear

πŸ“Examples

πŸ˜„ Fun example

β€œMy grandpa can still bend down to tie his shoes, but he groans like a rusty door.”

β€œThe spoon bent when I tried to scoop the frozen ice cream.”

πŸ˜„ Fun example

β€œShe can bend her thumb backwards so far that it freaks everyone out.”

β€œThe river bends to the left after the old bridge.”

πŸ“šRelated Words

Synonyms

curveflexbowtwistturn

Antonyms

straightenunbend

Related

flexiblerigidanglecornercurve

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