Plural: bends

1. doblar, doblarse, flexionar, plegar; Synonyms: flex, fold, crease, crook, double over, fold over, lap, turn; Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. ; Bend a joint.
She bends the wires, Ella dobla los alambres.
Bend the rod.
Twist the dough into a braid.
The strong man could turn an iron bar.
Flex your wrists.
Bend your knees.


2. doblarse, pandearse, ceder, combarse, fondearse; Synonyms: bend over, buckle, collapse, crook, fold, fold away; Form a curve. ; Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.
My knees buckled, Mis rodillas se doblaron.
The stick does not bend.
He crouched down.
She bowed before the Queen.
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse.


3. doblarse, corvarse, virarse; Synonyms: double up, arch, become convex, become curved, bend back, bend down, bend over, curl, flex; Form a curve. ; Bend one's back forward from the waist on down.
She bent down to the floor, Ella se dobló hacia el piso.
The stick does not bend.
He crouched down.
She bowed before the Queen.
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse.


4. doblegar; Synonyms: tame, bow down, break, break down, crush, overcome, overpower, subdue; Make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans. ; Overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.
5. doblar, hacer un giro; Synonyms: make a turn, turn, deviate, go round the bend, go round the corner, swerve; Change direction. ; Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest.
The road bends.


6. pandear, corvar, acombar, combar; Synonyms: warp, twist, arch, camber; Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form. ; Bend a joint.
Bend the rod.
Twist the dough into a braid.
The strong man could turn an iron bar.
Flex your wrists.
Bend your knees.


7. difractar, desviar, refractar; Synonyms: deviate, diffract, divert, refract; Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest.
8. torcer, curvar, bornear, cambar; Synonyms: twist, crook, curve, turn, twine, wrench, contort; 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.

1. curva, viraje, vuelta; Synonyms: turn, turn-around, curve, turning, twirl, sharp turn, turnabout, swerve; Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.). ; A circular segment of a curve.
A bend in the road.
A crook in the path.


2. comba, codo, recodo, doblez; Synonyms: convexity, crease, crook, turn, twist, camber, curvation; A circular segment of a curve. ; An angular or rounded shape made by folding.
A bend in the road.
A crook in the path.
A fold in the napkin.
A crease in his trousers.
A plication on her blouse.
A flexure of the colon.
A bend of his elbow.


3. propensidad, predisposición, propensión; Synonyms: inclination, drift, predisposal, propensity, tendency, trend, proneness, strain; A characteristic likelihood of or natural disposition toward a certain condition or character or effect.; An attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others. ; That toward which you are inclined to feel a liking.
4. quiebro; Movement that causes the formation of a curve.

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