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Quote:Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them. [Robert Graves]

Quote:I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor. [Joan Rivers]



Definitions of: bend

Definition: 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.

Definition: To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

Definition: To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

Definition: To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

Definition: To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

Definition: 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.

Definition: Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

Definition: A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

Definition: The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

Definition: Hard, indurated clay; bind.

Definition: same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

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