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bend verb

  /bɛnd/ , /bɪnd/
  • (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
 courber, plier, tordre, pencher, baisser, soumettre
  • (intransitive) To become curved.
 courber, tordre
  • (transitive) To force to submit.
 plier, soumettre
  • (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
 incliner
  • (transitive) To cause to change direction.
 tourner

bend noun

  /bɛnd/ , /bɪnd/
  • A curve.
 virage
  • (heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
 bande
  • Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
 nœud

bending noun

  /ˈbɛndɪŋ/
  • A motion or action that bends.
 flexion
bend down
baisser
bend sinister
barre
bend over backwards
se couper en quatre, se donner du mal, se mettre en quatre, se plier en quatre
bend over
se pencher, se replier
bend someone's ear
rebattre les oreilles
per bend sinister
taillé
per bend
tranché
in bend
en bande
hairpin bend
virage en épingle à cheveux
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