bend

bend has 29 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• v. t.. 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.
• v. t.. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
• v. t.. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
• v. t.. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
• v. t.. 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.
• v. i.. To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
• v. i.. To jut over; to overhang.
• v. i.. To be inclined; to be directed.
• v. i.. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
• n.. A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.