bend

/bɛnd/

US pronunciation

American sound/bɛnd/

bend

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> bend

Myanmar meaning

(v) ကွေးသည်.ကောက်သည်။ မိမိဖြစ်ချင်သည်ကို တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်အား အတင်းအကြပ် ပြုသည်။ (n) အကွေ့၊ထောင့်ချိုး။

Full entry

bend /bend/ v (pt, pp bent /bent/)

၁။ ကွေးသည်။ ချိုးသည်။ bend the wire up/down/forwards/back ❍ It's hard to bend an iron bar. ❍ The heat of the fire has bent these old records. ❍ Can you touch your toes without bending your knees?
၂။ ကွေ့သည်။ ချိုးသည်။ ကွေးသည်။ ကောက်သည်။ The road bends (to the right) after a few yards. ❍ As I climbed along it, the branch bent but didn't break.
၃။ ကိုင်းသည်။ ညွတ်သည်။ တိမ်းသည်။ စောင်းသည်။ She bent down and picked it up. ❍ Bend over and touch your toes. ❍ He bent forward to listen to the child. ❍ They (were) bent double, crouching under the table. ❍ His head was bent over a book.
n (လမ်း၊ မြစ် စသည်) အချိုး၊ အကွေ့။ a gentle/sharp bend.
❏ be bent on sth / on doing sth [PHRV ] (လုပ်ရန်) သန္နိဋ္ဌာန်ချထားသည်။ စိတ်ပိုင်းဖြတ် ထားသည်။ He is bent on winning at all costs. See also HELL-BENT
❏ bend sb's ear [IDM ] (infml ) (ကိုယ့်ပြဿနာကို) ဖွင့်ပြော သည်။
❏ bend sb to sth [PHRV ](fml ) လိုက်လျောအောင် အတင်း အဓမ္မပြုသည်။ She tried to bend the others to her will.
❏ bendy adj (Brit infml )
(က) အကွေ့အကောက်များ သော။ အချိုးအကွေ့များသော။ a bendy road.
(ခ) ကွေးလွယ် သော။ ညွတ်လွယ်သော။ a bendy twig.
❏ on bended knee(s) [IDM ] ဒူးထောက်မတတ် တောင်းပန် သည်။
❏ round the bend/twist [IDM ] (infml ) စိတ်ပေါက်သည်။ His behaviour is driving me round the bend. ❍ He's gone completely round the twist.

More examples

He bent and kissed her quickly.
[bend forwards] : She bent forwards and whispered in my ear.
[bend down] : Helen bent down to pick up her pen.
[bend over] : Bend over and touch your toes.
[be bent double] : Tom was bent double, holding his stomach in pain.
The three of them sat there with their heads bent over their books.
Tools that will not bend or break under stress
[bend under something] : The slim branches were bending under the weight of their fruit.
[bend in/out/forwards etc] : The corners of the card bend inwards to form tabs.
The path bends sharply just before you enter the wood.
This type of pipe can be easily bent by hand.
[bend something over/round something etc] : Bend the wires round the battery.
[bend something into something] : We bent the strips of clay into strange shapes.
His arm was so stiff he couldn’t bend it at all.

Synonyms

curve, turn, crook, twist, curvature, bow, corner, angle, angle away, angle off, arc, arch, bear, bend over, bending, buckle, camber, careen, change direction, change mind, circle, compel, contort, crimp, crinkle, crouch, curl, curvation, deflect, deflection, deform, detour, deviation, direct, double, droop, flection, flex, flexure, genuflect, hook, incline, incline your body, incurvate, lean, lean down, lean over, loop, mold, persuade; influence, pervert, round, sag, shape, shift, spiral, stoop, subdue, submit, sway, swerve, tack, tilt, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, yield, zigzag

Antonyms

beautify, line, neglect, rise, stagnation, straighten, straighten up

Cross references

curve turn crook twist curvature bow corner angle angle away angle off arc arch bear bend over bending buckle camber careen change direction change mind circle compel contort crimp crinkle crouch curl curvation