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bend
antonio chuquín, 4/7/07
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.
To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
a curved portion of a stream or river; the land enclosed within the meander curve of a river: as in Edde Bend.
Deflect.
Created by sidespin, this is the curve on a shot.
a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
movement that causes the formation of a curve
curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
change direction; "The road bends"
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"
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"
a position of the horse consisting of an even lateral curve from poll to tail.
The laterally arced position in which the horse's body appears to form an even curve from poll to tail. Examples of faulty bend are: bending only in the neck, only at the base of the neck, or bent the wrong direction.
to (cause to) curve.
Formed curve in a rebar, section of pipe, etc.
The curve on a shot created by sidespin.
curve in the course of a stream and (or) the land within the curve; a curve in a linear body of water (bottom, loop, meander).
This is the curve of the ball in the air because of sidespin.
The curve on a shot; as a verb, to hit a hook or slice.
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