bend

bend
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noun
ADJECTIVE
gentle, slight, wide
hairpin (BrE), sharp, tight

Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat.

dangerous
blind (BrE)

mountain roads with steep gradients and blind bends

left-hand, right-hand
final, last, opening (= in a race)

He had a winning lead off the final bend.

… OF BENDS
series

a series of dangerous bends

VERB + BEND
come around, come round (esp. BrE), negotiate, round, take, turn

He slowed down to negotiate the bend.

PREPOSITION
around a/the bend, round a/the bend (esp. BrE)

The car vanished around a bend.

into a/the bend

I inched the car into the bend.

off a/the bend

He came off the bend in the lead.

on a/the bend

Slow down on the tight bends.

bend in

a wide bend in the river

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verb
ADVERB
slightly
quickly, swiftly
slowly
back, backwards/backward, forward
down, over

I bent down and tied my shoelace.

close, nearer

Sarah bent close to him.

double

I had to bend double to get under the table.

PREPOSITION
at

Avoid bending at the waist when lifting heavy objects.

towards/toward

He came closer and bent towards/toward her.

Bend is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arm, ↑gravity, ↑leg, ↑road, ↑street
Bend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑back, ↑elbow, ↑head, ↑knee, ↑leg, ↑ray, ↑rule, ↑spine, ↑truth, ↑wire, ↑wrist

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