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bending
Overview of noun bending
The noun bending has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. bending, bend -- (movement that causes the formation of a curve)
2. deflection, deflexion, bending -- (the property of being bent or deflected)
3. bending -- (the act of bending something)
Overview of verb bend
The verb bend has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (23) bend, flex -- (form a curve; "The stick does not bend")
2. (11) bend -- (change direction; "The road bends")
3. (5) 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")
4. (3) 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")
5. (1) deflect, bend, turn away -- (turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest)
6. flex, bend -- (bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees")
Overview of adj bending
The adj bending has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) bending -- (not remaining rigid or straight; "tried to support his weight on a bending cane")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bending
3 senses of bending
Sense 1
bending, bend
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, bending
=> physical property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
bending
=> change of shape
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun bending
3 senses of bending
Sense 1
bending, bend
=> deflection, deflexion, refraction
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, bending
=> windage, wind deflection
=> refractivity, refractiveness
Sense 3
bending
=> flexion, flexure
=> crouch
=> hunch
=> incurvation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bending
3 senses of bending
Sense 1
bending, bend
=> movement, motion
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, bending
=> physical property
Sense 3
bending
=> change of shape
Antonyms of noun bending
Member Holonyms of noun bending
Substance Holonyms of noun bending
Part Holonyms of noun bending
Member Meronyms of noun bending
Substance Meronyms of noun bending
Part Meronyms of noun bending
Meronyms of noun bending
Holonyms of noun bending
Attributes of noun bending
Derived Forms of noun bending
Domain of noun bending
Domain Terms of noun bending
Familiarity of noun bending
bending used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun bending
3 senses of bending
Sense 1
bending, bend
> movement, motion
=> crustal movement, tectonic movement
=> approach, approaching
=> passing, passage
=> deflection, deflexion
=> bending, bend
=> change of location, travel
=> wave, undulation
=> jitter
=> periodic motion, periodic movement
=> heave
=> recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
=> recoil, kick
=> seek
=> squeeze, wring
=> throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> turning, turn
=> twist, wrench
=> undulation
=> wave, moving ridge
=> wobble
=> whirl, commotion
=> Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis
Sense 2
deflection, deflexion, bending
> physical property
=> absorptivity, absorption factor
=> dissolubility, solubleness
=> drippiness
=> reflection, reflexion, reflectivity
=> deflection, deflexion, bending
=> temperature
=> heat content, total heat, enthalpy, H
=> randomness, entropy, S
=> perceptibility
=> invisibility, invisibleness
=> luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
=> inaudibility, inaudibleness
=> imperceptibility
=> reluctivity
=> sensitivity, sensitiveness
=> magnetization, magnetisation
=> elasticity, snap
=> malleability, plasticity
=> inelasticity
=> unmalleability
=> mass
=> weight
=> momentum
=> fugacity
=> length
Sense 3
bending
> change of shape
=> contortion, deformation
=> convolution
=> angulation
=> bending
=> elongation
=> involution, enfolding
=> corrugation
=> fold, folding
=> indentation
=> protrusion, projection, jut, jutting
=> widening, broadening
=> narrowing
Meronyms of noun bending
3 senses of bending
Holonyms of noun bending
Grep of noun bending
bending
Antonyms of verb bend
2 of 6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
Antonym of straighten (Sense 1)
=>straighten, unbend
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
Antonym of unbend (Sense 3)
=>unbend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bend
6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 2
bend
=> turn
=> move
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> change
Sense 5
deflect, bend, turn away
=> turn
=> move
Sense 6
flex, bend
=> move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bend
3 of 6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
=> crook, curve
=> arch, curve, arc
=> incurvate
=> retroflex, replicate
=> lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
=> crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> double over, double, double up
=> fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
=> curl up, curl, draw in
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> indent, dent
=> incurvate
=> gnarl
=> crank
=> convolve, convolute
Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> squinch
=> huddle, cower
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bend
6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
=> change shape, change form, deform
Sense 2
bend
=> turn
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> change shape, change form, deform
Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
Sense 5
deflect, bend, turn away
=> turn
Sense 6
flex, bend
=> move
'Cause To' of verb bend
Derived Forms of verb bend
3 of 6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
RELATED TO>(adj) bendable#1
=> bendable, pliable, pliant
RELATED TO>(noun) bender#1
=> bender
RELATED TO>(noun) bend#1
=> bend, crook, twist, turn
RELATED TO>(noun) bend#4
=> fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
Sense 2
bend
RELATED TO>(noun) bender#3
=> curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender
RELATED TO>(noun) bend#1
=> bend, crook, twist, turn
RELATED TO>(noun) bend#3
=> bend, curve
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
RELATED TO>(adj) bendable#1
=> bendable, pliable, pliant
RELATED TO>(noun) bender#1
=> bender
RELATED TO>(noun) bend#4
=> fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp, bend
Domain of verb bend
Domain Terms of verb bend
Familiarity of verb bend
bend used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb bend
6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
EX: The glass tubes bend
Sense 2
bend
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
EX: They bend the glass tubes
Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
deflect, bend, turn away
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
flex, bend
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb bend
6 senses of bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
> change shape, change form, deform
=> roll
=> granulate, grain
=> bulge, pouch, protrude
=> sharpen, taper, point
=> roll up, furl
=> flatten, flatten out
=> draw
=> deform
=> dinge, batter
=> twist, twine, distort
=> flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> bend, flex
=> unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
=> start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
Sense 2
bend
> turn
=> twist
=> flip, flip over, turn over
=> turn on a dime
=> roll, turn over
=> roll over
=> swing around, swing about, turn around
=> flip, toss
=> port
=> face
=> turn off
=> turn away
=> gee
=> about-face
=> caracole
=> corner
=> overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
=> bend
=> swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> deflect
=> deflect, bend, turn away
=> avert, turn away
=> turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> pivot, swivel
=> gyrate, spiral, coil
=> corkscrew, spiral
=> deviate, divert
=> pronate
Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
> change shape, change form, deform
=> roll
=> granulate, grain
=> bulge, pouch, protrude
=> sharpen, taper, point
=> roll up, furl
=> flatten, flatten out
=> draw
=> deform
=> dinge, batter
=> twist, twine, distort
=> flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> bend, flex
=> unfold, stretch, stretch out, extend
=> start, protrude, pop, pop out, bulge, bulge out, bug out, come out
Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
> bend, flex
=> crook, curve
=> arch, curve, arc
=> incurvate
=> retroflex, replicate
=> lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle
=> crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> double over, double, double up
=> fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
=> curl up, curl, draw in
Sense 5
deflect, bend, turn away
> turn
=> twist
=> flip, flip over, turn over
=> turn on a dime
=> roll, turn over
=> roll over
=> swing around, swing about, turn around
=> flip, toss
=> port
=> face
=> turn off
=> turn away
=> gee
=> about-face
=> caracole
=> corner
=> overturn, turn over, tip over, tump over
=> bend
=> swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer, slue, slew, cut
=> deflect
=> deflect, bend, turn away
=> avert, turn away
=> turn out, splay, spread out, rotate
=> rotate, circumvolve
=> pivot, swivel
=> gyrate, spiral, coil
=> corkscrew, spiral
=> deviate, divert
=> pronate
Sense 6
flex, bend
> move
=> move involuntarily, move reflexively
=> quicken
=> stretch, stretch out
=> snap, click, flick
=> flex, bend
=> spread, propagate
=> reach, reach out
=> putter, potter, potter around, putter around
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> drop back
=> hit the dirt, hit the deck
=> gravitate
=> fly
=> move over, give way, give, ease up, yield
=> cut to
=> lurch, pitch, shift
=> jolt, jar
=> duck
=> bob
=> wallow, welter
=> writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist
=> wobble, coggle
=> sidle, sashay
=> sidle
=> sweep, sail
=> brush, sweep
=> wamble, waggle
=> chop
=> reciprocate
=> move back and forth
=> nod
=> pulsate, beat, quiver
=> beat, pound, thump
=> teeter, seesaw, totter
=> buck, jerk, hitch
=> cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
=> careen, wobble, shift, tilt
=> churn, boil, moil, roil
=> steal, slip
=> shake, agitate
=> vibrate
=> jerk, twitch
=> flip, twitch
=> snap, click
=> stir, shift, budge, agitate
=> arouse, stir
=> dance
=> stumble, trip
=> falter, waver
=> roll, undulate, flap, wave
=> mill, mill about, mill around
=> turn
=> startle, jump, start
=> mope, mope around
=> hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride
=> climb
=> strike out
=> jump, leap, bound, spring
=> bolt
=> get down
=> assume, take, strike, take up
=> seesaw
=> displace
=> exit, go out, get out, leave
=> separate, part, split
=> diverge
=> list, lean
=> whirl, tumble, whirl around
=> close, come together
=> bustle, bustle about, hustle
=> fidget
=> linger, dawdle
=> flinch, squinch, funk, cringe, shrink, wince, recoil, quail
=> lunge, hurl, hurtle, thrust
=> swoop
=> flow, flux
=> run, flow, feed, course
=> flurry
=> streak
=> heave
=> crash
=> thunder
=> snap
=> beat, flap
=> fling
=> hop
=> turn
=> dodge
=> dodge
=> throw
=> make way
=> dance
=> grab
=> cut
=> close
=> jump, leap, jump off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bend
Sense 1
bend, flex
=> change shape, change form, deform
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Sense 2
bend
=> turn
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Sense 3
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
=> change shape, change form, deform
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Sense 4
crouch, stoop, bend, bow
=> bend, flex
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Sense 5
deflect, bend, turn away
=> turn
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Sense 6
flex, bend
=> move
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Grep of verb bend
bend
bend over backwards
benday
unbend
Antonyms of adj bending
1 sense of bending
Sense 1
bending
INDIRECT (VIA crooked) -> straight
Similarity of adj bending
1 sense of bending
Sense 1
bending
=> crooked (vs. straight)
Pertainyms of adj bending
Attributes of adj bending
Domain of adj bending
Domain Terms of adj bending
Familiarity of adj bending
bending used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj bending
bending
mind-bending
unbending
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