- bending - not remaining rigid or straight; "tried to support his weight on a bending cane"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- bending, bend - movement that causes the formation of a curve
--1 is a kind of movement, motion
--1 has particulars: deflection, deflexion, refraction - deflection, deflexion, bending - the property of being bent or deflected
--2 is a kind of physical property
--2 has particulars: windage, wind deflection; refractivity, refractiveness - bending - the act of bending something
--3 is a kind of change of shape
--3 has particulars: flexion, flexure; crouch; hunch; incurvation
- bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
--1 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Antonyms: straighten, unbend
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun bender1, noun bend1, noun bend4
The glass tubes bend
- bend - change direction; "The road bends"
--2 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun bender3, noun bend1, noun bend3
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- flex, bend, deform, twist, turn - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Antonyms: unbend
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun bender1, noun bend4
They bend the glass tubes
- crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- deflect, bend, turn away - turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
--5 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- flex, bend - bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"
--6 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something