Synonyms for bend
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1. bend

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bias, bow, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, incline, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. bend

   Synonyms:
   curve, deviate, incline, tend, swerve, diverge, mold, persuade, influence, bias, dispose, direct, lower, subordinate to, lean, deflect, bow, condescend, yield, stoop, submit

   Antonyms:
   proceed, continue, extend, advance, stand, stiffen, break, crush, resist

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1. bend, crook, twist, turnnoun

   a circular segment of a curve

   "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

   Synonyms:
   spin, felon, routine, tour, outlaw, wind, bend dexter, turning, twist, crease, round, malefactor, whirl, bending, kink, braid, bit, flexure, crimp, turn of events, act, wrench, crook, criminal, tress, pull, winding, plait, play, go, shepherd's crook, curve, number, construction, spell, good turn, fold, twirl, device, bout, plication, gimmick, turn, twisting, eddy

   Antonyms:
   unbend, straighten

2. bending, bendnoun

   movement that causes the formation of a curve

   Synonyms:
   deflection, bend dexter, twist, flexure, crimp, deflexion, crease, plication, fold, bending, crook, curve, turn

   Antonyms:
   unbend, straighten

3. bend, curvenoun

   curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

   Synonyms:
   turn, flexure, plication, breaking ball, twist, bend dexter, crease, curvature, crimp, bending, curve, fold, bender, crook, curve ball, curved shape

   Antonyms:
   unbend, straighten

4. fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bendnoun

   an angular or rounded shape made by folding

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   turn, sheep pen, curve, flexure, plication, bending, sheepcote, faithful, flexion, bend dexter, crease, crimp, wrinkle, seam, twist, flection, creese, plica, sheepfold, pleating, fold, line, furrow, folding, crinkle, crook, congregation, crimper, flock, kris

   Antonyms:
   unbend, straighten

5. Bendnoun

   a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

   Synonyms:
   bend dexter, twist, flexure, crimp, crease, plication, fold, bending, crook, curve, turn

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend

6. bend, bend dexterverb

   diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

   Synonyms:
   bend dexter, twist, flexure, crimp, crease, plication, fold, bending, crook, curve, turn

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend

7. bend, flexverb

   form a curve

   "The stick does not bend"

   Synonyms:
   deform, turn away, twist, flex, bow, stoop, deflect, crouch, turn

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend

8. bendverb

   change direction

   "The road bends"

   Synonyms:
   deform, turn away, twist, flex, bow, stoop, deflect, crouch, turn

   Antonyms:
   unbend, straighten

9. flex, bend, deform, twist, turnverb

   cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

   "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

   Synonyms:
   wriggle, wrick, wind, deform, change state, change form, crouch, contort, release, rick, work, call on, worm, bow, change by reversal, flex, convolute, deflect, move around, wrench, become, grow, turn, sour, reverse, sophisticate, change shape, sprain, curve, twist around, twist, twine, distort, ferment, wrestle, turn over, wring, plow, writhe, strain, squirm, turn away, pervert, stoop, plough

   Antonyms:
   straighten, unbend

10. crouch, stoop, bend, bowverb

    bend one's back forward from the waist on down

    "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"

    Synonyms:
    turn, accede, bow, scrunch up, defer, twist, hunker down, condescend, bow down, hunker, stoop, deform, scrunch, flex, turn away, deflect, give in, crouch, lower oneself, squat, submit

    Antonyms:
    unbend, straighten

11. deflect, bend, turn awayverb

    turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

    Synonyms:
    distract, bow, avert, ward off, refuse, twist, deform, obviate, fend off, stave off, block, debar, avoid, head off, forfend, stoop, forefend, parry, flex, turn away, deflect, reject, crouch, turn, turn down

    Antonyms:
    unbend, straighten

12. flex, bendverb

    bend a joint

    "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

    Synonyms:
    deform, turn away, twist, bow, flex, stoop, deflect, crouch, turn

    Antonyms:
    straighten, unbend

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   curve, crook, bow, incurvate, make crooked

2. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   direct, turn towards, incline towards

3. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   exert, apply earnestly, direct attentively

4. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   subdue, cause to yield, bring to submission, make submissive

5. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   (Naut.) fasten, make fast

6. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   crook, be crooked, be bent, be curved

7. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   lean, incline, turn

8. bendnoun

   Synonyms:
   curve, curvity, curvature, flexure, angle, elbow, crook, incurvation, ARCUATION

9. bendnoun

   Synonyms:
   bight, coil

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1. bendnoun

   Synonyms:
   curve, deflection, crook, curvature, bight, coil, flexure, incurvation

2. bendverb

   Synonyms:
   curve, flex, deflect, crook, direct, turn, apply, stoop, incline, yield, condescend

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1. List of paraphrases for "bend":

   curvature, fold, dual, curve, elbow, plaice, double, folding, flounder, deform, bent, curved, kink

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1. Matthew Roggow:

   What we’re experiencing right now is unprecedented for the Big Bend Sector.

2. Eric Garcetti:

   CORONAVIRUS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW We outweigh the risks of our situation for other goals, health benefits of connection, and normal routine. It can make people vulnerable to suggestions to bend COVID-19 safety guidelines, she said. We initially may have been fearful, but as we start to gain control we become more confident to confront situations that may have scared us. As a result, as the pandemic continues, some of us have adjusted and started to underestimate the actual threat, ignore situational hazards, and dont take COVID-19 risks as seriously. Speaking to Fox News, Dr. Collin Reiff, a psychiatrist and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health, likened caution fatigue to swimming in the ocean. People go swimming in the ocean, a potentially dangerous place, and dont take flotation devices with them. If you dont see anyone drown, you feel fine doing it, he said. But if we hear that 100,000 people died [while swimming in the ocean], and 180,000 could drown by October, you would see more people wearing a flotation device, he said, referringto a recent report that U.S. coronavirus deaths are projected to reach 180,000 by the beginning of October unless the majority of people start wearing face masks. Reiff also hypothesized that cognitive dissonance might play a part in those who find themselves having a more lax attitude toward recommended safety precautions. Experts still recommend safety precautions such as practicing social distancing, frequent hand washing and wearing a face covering while in public. (iStock) I think some of it is fatigue, but I think another part of it is that a lot of people havent been [as directly] impacted by the novel coronavirus, he said, noting that the virus had a more direct impact on those living in cities that were hit hard at the start of the pandemic, such as New York City and Philadelphia. CORONAVIRUS INFECTS 60 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDENTS ON SPRING BREAK TRIP TO MEXICO It may not be so much fatigue but their experience with COVID [the precautions] are not convenient for me any longer.

3. William Congreve:

   Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

4. Mary Kay:

   In the Coastal Bend, around one third of the stranded loggerheads have been found alive and are receiving care at permitted rehabilitation facilities, including Amos Rehabilitation Keep Keep, Texas State Aquarium, and Texas Sealife Center, the affected loggerheads have been found underweight and emaciated. They are receiving diligent care in rehabilitation, and we hope that most will recover and ultimately be released back into the Gulf of Mexico.

5. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective.