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verb | noun bendbend1 /bɛnd/ ●●● S2 W2 verb (past tense and past participle bent /bɛnt/) ETYMOLOGYbend1Origin: Old English bendan VERB TABLEbend |
Present | I, you, we, they | bend | | he, she, it | bends | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bent | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bent | | he, she, it | has bent | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bent | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bend | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bent |
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Present | I | am bending | | he, she, it | is bending | | you, we, they | are bending | Past | I, he, she, it | was bending | | you, we, they | were bending | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been bending | | he, she, it | has been bending | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been bending | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be bending | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been bending |
► bends sharply The road bends sharply (=curves a lot) to the left. 1 MOVE YOUR BODY [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to move a part of your body so that it is not straight, or so that you are not standing upright anymore: Bend your knees slightly.bend over/down Levy bent over to pick up the coins.bend forward/toward/across etc. Bending forward, he stroked the dog’s head.bend over something She was bending over the desk.2CURVE a)[transitive] to push or press something into a curved shape or fold it at an angle: Heavy snow was bending the branches. b)[intransitive] to change to the shape of a curve, or to be in this shape: Bamboo will bend without breaking. The metal bar bends in the middle.3ROAD [intransitive] if a road bends, it changes direction to form a curve: The road bends sharply (=curves a lot) to the left.4bend over backward (to do something) to try very hard to be helpful: The hotel employees bent over backward to please us.5bend the rules to allow someone to do something that is not normally allowed, or to do something that is not usually allowed: a tough street cop who bends the rules6bend somebody’s ear spoken to talk to someone for a long time especially in order to complain about something7on bended knee a)trying very hard to persuade someone to do something: The TV network begged her on bended knee to return to the program. b)in a kneeling position: George asked her to marry him on bended knee.8bend your mind/efforts/thoughts etc. to something formal to give all your energy or attention to one activity, plan, etc.[Origin: Old English bendan] verb | noun bendbend2 ●●● noun [countable] ► sharp bend a sharp bend (=one that curves a lot) in the river ► come/go around a bend The car came around the bend too fast. 1a curved part of something, especially a road or river: The creek goes around a bend by the farm.bend in a sharp bend (=one that curves a lot) in the rivercome/go around a bend The car came around the bend too fast.2an action in which you bend a part of your body: Start with a few knee bends.3the bends [plural] medicine a very painful and serious condition that divers get when they come up from under deep water too quickly |