What does bend mean in English?

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bend Meaning, Definition, Pronunciation, Grammar & Synonyms❤️

0 to (cause to) curve:
- The road bends to the left after the traffic lights.
- I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road.
- Now, bend forward/over and touch your toes!
- Make sure you bend your knees when you're picking up heavy objects.
- After her fall she complained that she couldn't bend her leg properly.
- He went down on bended knee to ask her to marry him.
1 a curved part of something:
- There's a bend in the pipe so you can't see from one end to the other.
- The car came around the bend on the wrong side of the road.
- Good players can put bend on the ball.
2 a serious medical condition that divers (= people who swim underwater) get when they come up to the surface of the water too quickly
3 to change the position of your body or a part of your body so that it is no longer straight but curved or forming an angle:
- [ I always + adv/prep ] She dropped her umbrella and bent down to pick it up.
- [ T ] Bend your knees and keep your back straight when lifting heavy objects.
4 a curved path or an angle:
- a bend in the road

Light rays bend as they pass from air to water.
You'll snap that ruler if you bend it too far.
the point where the road bends
His new trousers ripped when he bent down.
I bent down and picked up the coins lying on the road.
He came off the road while driving his car around a bend at high speed .
The river broadens out around the next bend.
Be careful when you're cycling because there are several sharp bends along the route.