Bend Meaning in English
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. To jut over; to overhang. To be inclined; to be directed. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. Hard, indurated clay; bind. same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. A band. One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.