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| angle1 |
to move, bend, or adjust at an angle. [1/10 definitions] |
| bar sinister |
in heraldry, a bar on a shield that runs diagonally from lower left to upper right, signifying an illegitimate ancestor; bend sinister. [1/3 definitions] |
| bent1 |
past tense and past participle of bend. [1/6 definitions] |
| bight |
a bend in a shoreline, or the body of water bounded by such a bend, such as a bay. [1/3 definitions] |
| bow1 |
to bend the head or the upper part of the body forward in greeting, acknowledgment, consent, submission, or the like. [4/8 definitions] |
| bow2 |
to bend or curve so as to resemble a bow. [1/7 definitions] |
| buckle |
a bend, bulge, or crimp. [3/9 definitions] |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. [1/2 definitions] |
| crook |
to bend, curve, or hook. [1/5 definitions] |
| crouch |
to bend down; stoop low. [1/4 definitions] |
| curve |
a bend in a road. [2/7 definitions] |
| cut bank |
a steep riverbank, esp. one formed by erosion along a bend in a river. |
| declination |
a movement, bend, or slope downward. [1/5 definitions] |
| diffraction |
modification of light or other waves by partially obstructing them so that they bend around the obstruction and break into bands of different frequencies. |
| double |
to bend or to fold (something) in two (often fol. by "over"). [2/19 definitions] |
| double-jointed |
having joints that will bend freely and at unusual angles. |
| droop |
to hang or sink down; bend limply. [1/4 definitions] |
| elbow |
the bend or joint between the human upper arm and forearm, or the bony projection at this bend. [1/6 definitions] |
| flection |
a bent part or bend. [1/4 definitions] |
| flex |
to bend, often repeatedly. [1/3 definitions] |
| flexible |
easily bent or able to bend without breaking; pliable. [1/3 definitions] |
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