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bending noun

  /ˈbɛndɪŋ/
  • A motion or action that bends.
 flexion

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 moment
moment fléchissant
bending mode
mode de flexion d’un film
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