[*** \mathrm{bend}^1] | bend |

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verb (past and past participle bent | bent | )

1. with object shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle:

…(の方向)を曲げる, 屈折させる(↔ straighten, unbend)

e.g. the rising wind bent the long grass.

no object (of something straight) be shaped or forced into a curve or angle:

〖～＋副詞〗 〈体の部位･物などが〉曲がる, 屈折する, たわむ, しなる (!〖副詞〗は方向･様態の表現)

e.g. the oar bent as Lance heaved angrily at it.

no object, usually with adverbial of direction (of a road, river, or path) deviate from a straight line in a specified direction; have a sharply curved course:

〈道などが〉 «…に» 方向を曲げる, 向かう «to, toward(s)»

e.g. the road bent left and then right

e.g. the river slowly bends around Davenport.

2. no object (of a person) incline the body downward from the vertical:

〖～＋副詞〗 〈人が〉身をかがめる, 体を傾ける, かがみ込む; 〈人の頭が〉下がる, うなだれる (!〖副詞〗は方向･様態の表現)

e.g. I bent over my plate

e.g. he bent down and picked her up

e.g. with infinitive : he bent to tie his shoelaces.

with object move (a jointed part of the body) to an angled position:

〈人が〉〈頭〉を下げる; 〈背中〉を曲げる, 丸める

e.g. extend your left leg and bend your right

e.g. Irene bent her head over her work.

3. force or be forced to submit:

«…に» 〈人〉を屈服させる, 従わせる «to»

e.g. with object : they want to bend me to their will

«…に» 屈服する, 従う «to, before»

e.g. no object : a refusal to bend to mob rule.

with object interpret or modify (a rule) to suit oneself or somebody else:

〈規則など〉を曲げる, 拡大解釈する, あえて破る

e.g. we cannot bend the rules, even for Darren.

4. with object direct or devote (one's attention or energies) to a task:

｟かたく｠ «…に» 〈努力･熱意･関心･視線など〉を傾ける, 向ける, 傾注する «to»

e.g. Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets

«…に» 努力, 熱意, 関心を傾ける «to»

e.g. no object : she bent once more to the task of diverting the wedding guests.

5. with object Nautical attach (a sail or rope) by means of a knot:

e.g. sailors were bending sails to the spars.

1. a curve, especially a sharp one, in a road, river, racecourse, or path.

【道路･パイプなどの】湾曲, 屈折部分, カーブ «in»

2. a curved or angled part or form of something:

e.g. making a bend in the wire.

3. a kind of knot used to join two ropes, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.

〘船〙 (ロープの)結索, 結び目

4. (the bends) decompression sickness, especially in divers.

〖the ～s; 単複両扱い〗 潜水病(caisson disease)

informal talk to someone, especially with great eagerness or in order to ask a favor:

e.g. she regularly bent Michael's ear with her problems.

North American drink alcohol:

e.g. it didn't take long before we were all bending our elbows at the bar.

see knee.

around the bend (or British round the bend)

informal crazy; insane:

e.g. I'd tell you if you were going around the bend.

see backward.

bendable | ˈbendəb(ə)l | adjective

Old English bendan‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band1.

[*** \mathrm{bend}^2] | bend |

an ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French bande, Old French bende ‘flat strip’.