Dictionary entry details
• BEND (noun)
Meaning:
A circular segment of a curve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
turn; bend; crook; twist
Context examples:
a bend in the road / a crook in the path
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
curve; curved shape (the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
bight (a bend or curve (especially in a coastline))
Meaning:
Movement that causes the formation of a curve
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
bending; bend
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
deflection; deflexion; refraction (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
Meaning:
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bend; curve
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
section; segment (one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object)
Domain category:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
blind bend; blind curve (a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving)
elbow (a sharp bend in a road or river)
hairpin bend (a U-shaped bend in a road)
Holonyms ("bend" is a part of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Meaning:
An angular or rounded shape made by folding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Synonyms:
plication; fold; crimp; crease; flexure; bend
Context examples:
a fold in the napkin / a crease in his trousers / a plication on her blouse / a flexure of the colon / a bend of his elbow
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
angular shape; angularity (a shape having one or more sharp angles)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bend"):
plait; pleat (any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape)
kink; twirl; twist (a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight)
pucker; ruck (an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth))
Meaning:
A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
town (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city)
Holonyms ("Bend" is a part of...):
Beaver State; OR; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Meaning:
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
bend dexter; bend
Hypernyms ("bend" is a kind of...):
ordinary ((heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields)
• BEND (verb)
Meaning:
Form a curve
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
bend; flex
Context example:
The stick does not bend
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
curl; curl up; draw in (shape one's body into a curl)
cower; crawl; creep; cringe; fawn; grovel (show submission or fear)
double; double over; double up (bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain)
bend; bow; crouch; stoop (bend one's back forward from the waist on down)
angle; lean; slant; tilt; tip (to incline or bend from a vertical position)
replicate; retroflex (bend or turn backward)
incurvate (bend inwards)
arc; arch; curve (form an arch or curve)
crook; curve (bend or cause to bend)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
The glass tubes bend
Antonym:
straighten (straighten up or out; make straight)
Meaning:
Change direction
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The road bends
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
twist; deform; bend; flex; turn
Context examples:
bend the rod / twist the dough into a braid / the strong man could turn an iron bar
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
change form; change shape; deform (assume a different shape or form)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
convolute; convolve (curl, wind, or twist together)
crank (bend into the shape of a crank)
gnarl (twist into a state of deformity)
incurvate (cause to curve inward)
dent; indent (make a depression into)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They bend the glass tubes
Antonym:
unbend (free from flexure)
Meaning:
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
crouch; stoop; bend; bow
Context examples:
he crouched down / She bowed before the Queen / The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
bend; flex (form a curve)
"Bend" entails doing...:
change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bend"):
squinch (crouch down)
cower; huddle (crouch or curl up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
turn away; deflect; bend
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
turn (change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Bend a joint
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
flex; bend
Context examples:
flex your wrists / bend your knees
Hypernyms (to "bend" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
