bending : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bending	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bending
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bending n movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending, bend] the property of being bent or deflected Synonym(s): deflection, deflexion, bending the act of bending something
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bending \Bend"ing\, n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bended} or {Bent}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bending}.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See {Bind}, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th {Bend}.] 1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. [bd]Bend thine ear to supplication.[b8] --Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. --Pope. 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. [bd]Except she bend her humor.[b8] --Shak. 5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. --Totten. {To bend the brow}, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.