bend

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If they bend the rules, they are severely punished.

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Quick take

a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of bend gathered in one view.

noun

a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

noun

movement that causes the formation of a curve

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for bend.

noun

a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

noun

movement that causes the formation of a curve

noun

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

noun

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"

See also: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp

noun

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

noun

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

verb

form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

verb

change direction; "The road bends"

verb

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"

verb

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"

verb

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

verb

bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

Example sentences

If they bend the rules, they are severely punished.

If you aren't a complete n00b you can bend Windows to suit yourself far more easily than OSX.

Win8 is also pretty malleable, even though it's not so good for those lacking the chops to bend it to their will.

If the carriers started charging each time you charge your battery the US public would just bend over and take it.

Work with the child like if you push one of those super market trolleys with one wheel stuck, you have to move and bend your own body.

I could be wrong, but I think I remember the peak to peak bending at the wing-tip was in the order of ten stories.

He did not get it here, and that is a sad testament to how crowd-inspired frenzies can bend our perceptions in such faulty ways.

I used to really like Gruber, but he's become a very twisted orator, who seems to bend everything to Apple's favor.

But I am not going to bend over backwards to accommodate these laggards and dinosaurs refusal to pay attention to the world we live in.

And while some will bend over backwards and become more Catholic than the Pope promoting their social justice causes, many will grow more and more resentful.

To me, this sounds like a good case for a basic income guarantee or a negative income tax. If we don't need people to work, why should the government bend over backwards and "get on their knees and beg businesses to keep employing humans over algorithms"?The whole point of automation is to make less work.

"I'm sorry, when have the police been severely punished for bending the rules?Examples abound in the other direction, but generally they aren't even fired, let alone prosecuted, for "bending the rules".