bend

US /bɛnd/

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UK /bend/

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To become curved or no longer straight

Can you please bend this wire for me? I need it later

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To move your body so that it is not straight up

You have to bend over to pick up heavy things

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To turn in a different direction, as a road

These roads all bend sharply in spots on the way to the mountain

n.NounWhen a road changes direction; turn

To get to the house, you have to take a left after the bend in the road

v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To use force to make an object not straight

Metal workers sometimes need to bend pieces of metal

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Mayor of South Bend, Indiana,
Mayor of South Bend, Indiana,
Why should a teenage mayor from South Bend, Indiana,
Why should a teenage mayor from South Bend, Indiana,

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Former mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg
Former mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg

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On it, you come around this bend that's full of trees blocking your view,
On it, you come around this bend that's full of trees blocking your view,
Unlike regular steel which was solid throughout, tubular steel was hollow in the middle, making it lighter-weight, and easier to bend into smooth arcs and curves.
Unlike regular steel which was solid throughout, tubular steel was hollow in the middle, making it lighter-weight, and easier to bend into smooth arcs and curves.

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So the next idiom I wanted to teach you about work is "to bend over backwards".
So the next idiom I wanted to teach you about work is "to bend over backwards".
Now, again, this doesn't mean that you actually have to bend over backwards, but when you are working on something for someone and you bend over backwards to get it done.
Now, again, this doesn't mean that you actually have to bend over backwards, but when you are working on something for someone and you bend over backwards to get it done.

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apart. Bend the head, arms and upper body backward. Exhaling go back to the tarting
apart. Bend the head, arms and upper body backward. Exhaling go back to the tarting
arms and place your hands in prayer position. Bend your knees deeply sinking down until
arms and place your hands in prayer position. Bend your knees deeply sinking down until

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When we stretch or bend our finger, the space between the two bones increases.
When we stretch or bend our finger, the space between the two bones increases.
When we stretch or bend our finger, the space between the two bones increases.
When we stretch or bend our finger, the space between the two bones increases.

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We've got choy sum here, what I like to do is just bend it literally around our little steamer
We've got choy sum here, what I like to do is just bend it literally around our little steamer

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I put my right foot forward, bend my knees; my feet are shoulder-width apart.
I put my right foot forward, bend my knees; my feet are shoulder-width apart.