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Definition of Bending
Bending 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.
``Bend thine ear to supplication.' --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.
``Except she bend her humor.' --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.
Bending Bending Bend"ing, n.
The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
[Obs.] --Chaucer.