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bend(3) (iou)



bend noun3. LME.
[from BEND verb.]
The action or an act of bending. LME.
N. Hawthorne A wave just on the bend, and about to break over. K. Vonnegut He..did a deep-knee bend.
Inclination of the eye in any direction; glance. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Turn of mind, inclination, bent. L16-E19.
H. Fuseli The prevalent bend of the reigning taste.
A thing of bent shape; a curved part of a thing; a curve of a road, river, etc. L16.
U-bend, Z-bend, etc.
R. Macaulay Aunt Dot was a clever, impetuous driver, taking the sharpest bends with the greatest intrepidity. P. Matthiessen The river curves in a broad bend of..gravel bars.
Nautical. A ship's wale. Usu. in pl. E17.
In pl., usu. with the. Pain (esp. in the joints) which is a symptom of decompression sickness. Also, the illness itself. colloq. L19.
Phrases: above one's bend US beyond one's powers. Grecian bend: see GRECIAN adjective. on a bend, on the bend slang on a spree (cf. BENDER). round the bend colloq. crazy, insane.