(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. / (intransitive) To become curved. / (transitive) To cause to change direction.

A curve. / Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

present participle of bend

A motion or action that bends. / An instance of something being adapted or distorted.

(heraldry) Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

(archaic) bent

(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of bend

(collectively) An ethnolinguistic group based in the Mpanda District of Rukwa Region in western Tanzania. / A local government area of Abia State, Nigeria.

plural of bending

A ghost town and former railway community in central British Columbia, Canada. Named after a 90-degree curve in the railway line. / A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States.