plural of bend

(nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales. / (underwater diving, pathology, usually with the) Synonym of decompression sickness.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bend

A curve. / Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. / (intransitive) To become curved. / (transitive) To cause to change direction.

(archaic) bent

(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of bend

present participle of bend

A motion or action that bends. / An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

(heraldry) Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.