(nautical) A strong bend knot commonly used to join two lines, ropes, and hawsers when required. A reliable safe knot if tied correctly, but unsafe if tied incorrectly, which is easily done. It is a basic knot which forms part of many other knots, hitches, bends, etc.

A hook-shaped bend in a river, road etc.

(heraldry) A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from top right to bottom left (as you look at it), held to indicate bastardy.

(idiomatic) Crazy, mad or insane. / (idiomatic) Close to or in close proximity to another location.

A city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River. / A city, the county seat of Pacific County, Washington, United States.

(archaic, informal) Among women, an affected way to carry the body, the upper part being inclined forward.

A U-shaped pipe fitting for connecting the contiguous ends of two nearly parallel pipes lying alongside or one above another.

Hallucinogenic. / Mentally taxing.

A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe.

present participle of bend the rules