bend1/bend/●●●S3W3verb(past tense and past participlebent/bent/)1[intransitive, transitive]to move part of your body so that it is notstraightor so that you are notuprightLee bent and kissed her.She bent her head.Bend your knees, but keep your back straight.bend overEmma bent over...
past tense and past participlebentus/bent/ tochangethepositionofyourbodyor apartofyourbodyso that it is nolongerstraightbutcurvedorforminganangle: [Ialways+ adv/prep]Shedroppedherumbrellaandbentdown topickit up. [T]Bendyourkneesandkeepyourbackstraightwhenliftingheavyobjects. Idioms bend over backwards...
Past participle:bent Gerund:bending Imperative bend bend Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's ...
bend1 /bend/ ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp bent /bent/) 1 MOVE YOUR BODY[intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEND to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright (使)倾侧;俯身;(使)弯腰 Lee bent and kissed her. 李俯下身...
3. An example of the word "bend" in use would be a flexible toy with limbs that can bend in multiple directions.4. The third-person singular present tense of "bend" is "bends." The present participle is "bending," and the past tense and past participle are both "bent."
1300), from past participle of bend (v.). The meaning "turned or inclined in some direction" is from 1530s, probably as a translation of Latin inclinatio. The meaning "directed in a course" is from 1690s. Used throughout 20c. in various slang and underworld senses: "criminal; illegal...
early 15c., "action of entangling," from Latin implicationem (nominative implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from past participle stem of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plicare "to fold" (see ...
Past participle:bent Gerund:bending Imperative bend bend Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Switch tonew thesaurus Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's ...
Old Englishbindan"to tie up with bonds" (literally and figuratively), also "to make captive; to cover with dressings and bandages" (class III strong verb; past tenseband, past participlebunden), from Proto-Germanic*bindanan(source also of Old Saxonbindan, Old Norse and Old Frisianbinda, ...
bend ( third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle bent) bend (plural bends) bend (third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle bent or (archaic) bended) 更多 Bend...