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# bend

verb (bend, bends, bent, bending); noun (a bend, bends)

«bend» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To bend is to make something curved, not straight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#m1)
2. To bend is to lean your body forward or down. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#m2)
3. A bend is a curve in a road, river or pipe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#m3)
4. To bend the rules is to break them a little. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#m4)

### In the lessons

a word of the story, sometimes a wire bent into a shape whose length is the perimeter; in science, light bends in water; phrases «bend down», «bend over», «bend the rules», «around the bend»

### Examples

- He bends a 24 cm wire into a square. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x1)
- The road has 3 bends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x2)
- She bent the straw in half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x3)
- How long is each side of the bent wire square? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x4)
- Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x5)
- She bent down to tie her shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x6)
- Drive slowly round the bend. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x7)
- A straw looks bent in a glass of water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x8)
- The river bends around the hill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x9)
- Don't bend the rules of the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x10)
- "Where?" said Woe, bending down; "I can't see a thing." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/#x11)

### Note

A wire bent into a shape keeps its length: the length is the perimeter. Trap: bending in half makes two parts of half the length. Past form «bent», not «bended». Safety: lift with bent knees and a straight back.

## In Jewish tradition

a word of the story, sometimes a wire bent into a shape whose length is the perimeter; in science, light bends in water; phrases «bend down», «bend over», «bend the rules», «around the bend»

### Examples

- Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. (Prophets 2SA.22.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x1)
- He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth. (Writings JOB.15.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x2)
- O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (Writings PSA.95.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x3)

### Note

A wire bent into a shape keeps its length: the length is the perimeter. Trap: bending in half makes two parts of half the length. Past form «bent», not «bended». Safety: lift with bent knees and a straight back.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bend» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bend.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bend» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bend» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bend.html) on Mova free.