bend

US: /ˈbɛnd/

UK: /bˈɛnd/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

bend /bentʃ/
  • danh từ
    • chỗ uốn, chỗ cong; chỗ rẽ
      • a bend in the road: chỗ đường cong
    • khuỷ (tay, chân)
    • (hàng hải) chỗ nối (hai đầu dây); chỗ thắt nút
    • the bends (thông tục) bệnh khí ép, bệnh thợ lặn
    • động từ
      • cúi xuống; cong xuống; uốn cong, làm cong
        • to bend the knees: cong đầu gối
        • to be bent with age: còng lưng vì tuổi gia
      • rẽ, hướng; hướng về, dồn về
        • the road bends to the left here: ở chỗ này con đường rẽ về tay trái
        • to bend one's steps towards home: hướng bước về nhà
        • to bend all one's energies to that one aim: hướng (dồn) tất cả nghị lực cho mục đích duy nhất ấy
      • khuất phục, bắt phải theo
        • to bend someone's to one's will: bắt ai phải theo ý muốn của mình
      • to be bent on
        • nhất quyết

    Advanced English dictionary

    verb, noun
    + verb
    (bent, bent )
    1 [often +adv./prep.] (especially of sb's body or head) to lean, or make sth lean, in a particular direction: [V] He bent and kissed her. + fields of poppies bending in the wind + The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching. + His dark head bent over her. + She bent forward to pick up the newspaper. + Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees. + [VN] He bent his head and kissed her. + She was bent over her desk writing a letter.
    2 if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight: [VN] Bend your knees, keeping your back straight. + [V] Lie flat and let your knees bend.
    3 [VN] to force sth that was straight into an angle or a curve: Mark the pipe where you want to bend it. + The knives were bent out of shape. + He bent the wire into the shape of a square.
    4 to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make sth change direction in this way: [V] The road bent sharply to the right. + [VN] Glass and water both bend light.
    Idioms: bend sb's ear (about sth) (informal) to talk to sb a lot about sth, especially about a problem that you have
    bend your mind / efforts to sth (formal) to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing
    bend the truth to say sth that is not completely true: I wasn't exactly lying when I said I hadn't seen her-I was just bending the truth a little.
    on bended knee(s) if you ask for sth on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or HUMBLE way: I'd go down on bended knee if I thought she'd change her mind.
    more at BACKWARDS, RULE n.
    Phrasal Verbs: bend sb to sth (formal) to force or persuade sb to do what you want or to accept your opinions: He manipulates people and tries to bend them to his will (= make them do what he wants). + She managed to bend the committee to her opinion.
    + noun
    1 [C] a curve or turn, especially in a road or river: a sharp bend in the road + You took that bend very fast!
    See also - HAIRPIN BEND
    2 (the bends) [pl.] severe pain and difficulty in breathing experienced by a DIVER who comes back to the surface of the water too quickly
    Idioms: round the bend / twist (informal, especially BrE) crazy: She's gone completely round the bend. + The children have been driving me round the bend today (= annoying me very much).

    Thesaurus dictionary

    n.
    1 curve, turn, turning, corner; bow, angle, crook, hook, curvature, flexure:
    Go left at the bend in the road. If you put a bend in a wire hanger, you can fish out the obstruction.
    v.
    2 arch, bow, curve, crook:
    Soak the branch in water and it will bend easily. Stop bending my arm - it hurts!
    3 bow; curtsy or curtsey; kowtow, salaam; kneel, genuflect:
    The cannibal bent down before a pile of skulls.
    4 incline, channel, focus, direct, steer, set; fix:
    He bent his attention on more important matters. She bent her steps towards the cemetery.
    5 submit, bow, yield, give way, be pliant or subservient or tractable:
    The cabinet bends to the will of the prime minister.
    6 incline, turn, deflect:
    As you can see, the ray is bent by the lens.

    Collocation

    ADJ.

    gentle, slight, wide | hairpin, sharp, tight
    Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat.
    | dangerous | blind
    mountain roads with steep gradients and blind bends
    | left-hand, right-hand | final
    (= in a race)He had a winning lead off the final bend.

    QUANT.

    series
    a series of dangerous bends

    VERB + BEND

    come round, negotiate, round, take, turn
    He slowed down to negotiate the bend.

    PREP.

    around/round a/the ~
    The car vanished round a bend.
    | into a/the ~
    I inched the car into the bend.
    | off a/the ~
    He came off the bend in the lead.
    | on a/the ~
    Slow down on the tight bends.
    | ~ in
    a wide bend in the river


    Concise dictionary

    bent|bends|bended|bendingbend
    noun
    +a circular segment of a curve
    +movement that causes the formation of a curve
    +curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
    +an angular or rounded shape made by folding
    +a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
    +diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
    verb
    +form a curve
    +change direction
    +cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
    +bend one's back forward from the waist on down
    +turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
    +bend a joint

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