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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Ascension Parish Sheriff Bobby Webre:

   Police are searching for a suspect in the area of Hooshootoo Road at Tiger Bend Road. The white male suspect is believed to have exchanged gunfire with the Trooper and is considered to be armed and dangerous.

2. Rick Hasen:

   It is incredibly dangerous to support people for office who do not accept the legitimacy of the 2020 election. It suggests that they might be willing to bend or break the rules when it comes to running elections and counting votes in the future, someone who claims falsely that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump lacks credibility and can not be trusted to run a fair election.

3. Mary Ann Rivers from Georgia:

   People would come and bend over to look at my face, which was kind of embarrassing too.

4. Leona Kelley:

   It was made just like the other rings they've got in there, you can bend it up and shove it in here. So it was made for a vending machine. I just don't understand why.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   This American government -- what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.