bend - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Synonyms

• bend
• curve

More generic

• section
• segment

More specific

• blind bend
• blind curve
• elbow
• hairpin bend

Related

• road
• route

Noun

diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

Synonyms

• bend
• bend dexter

More generic

• ordinary

Noun

movement that causes the formation of a curve

Synonyms

• bend
• bending

More generic

• motion
• movement

More specific

• deflection
• deflexion
• refraction

Noun

a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

Synonyms

• Bend

Related

• Beaver State
• OR
• Ore.
• Oregon

Noun

a circular segment of a curve

Synonyms

• bend
• crook
• turn
• twist

More generic

• curve
• curved shape

More specific

• bight

Noun

an angular or rounded shape made by folding

Synonyms

• bend
• crease
• crimp
• flexure
• fold
• plication

More generic

• angular shape
• angularity

More specific

• kink
• plait
• pleat
• pucker
• ruck
• twirl
• twist

Verb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form

Synonyms

• bend
• deform
• flex
• turn
• twist

More generic

• change form
• change shape
• deform

Opposite / Antonyms

• unbend

More specific

• convolute
• convolve
• crank
• dent
• gnarl
• incurvate
• indent

Verb

bend a joint

Synonyms

• bend
• flex

More generic

• move

Verb

change direction

Synonyms

• bend

More generic

• turn

Verb

turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

Synonyms

• bend
• deflect
• turn away

More generic

• turn

Verb

form a curve

Synonyms

• bend
• flex

More generic

• change form
• change shape
• deform

Opposite / Antonyms

• straighten

More specific

• angle
• arc
• arch
• bend
• bow
• cower
• crawl
• creep
• cringe
• crook
• crouch
• curl
• curl up
• curve
• double
• double over
• double up
• draw in
• fawn
• grovel
• incurvate
• lean
• replicate
• retroflex
• slant
• stoop
• tilt
• tip

Verb

bend one's back forward from the waist on down

Synonyms

• bend
• bow
• crouch
• stoop

More generic

• bend
• flex

More specific

• cower
• huddle
• squinch

Related

• change posture

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