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# bend

«bend» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **to make something curved, not straight** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (bend, bends, bent, bending); noun (a bend, bends)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To bend is to make something curved, not straight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#m1)

2) To bend is to lean your body forward or down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#m2)

3) A bend is a curve in a road, river or pipe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#m3)

4) To bend the rules is to break them a little. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a word of the story, sometimes a wire bent into a shape whose length is the perimeter; in science, light bends in water; phrases «bend down», «bend over», «bend the rules», «around the bend»

### examples

- Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. (Prophets 2SA.22.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x1)
- He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their produce bend to the earth. (Writings JOB.15.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x2)
- O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; (Writings PSA.95.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x3)
- He bends a 24 cm wire into a square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x4)
- The road has 3 bends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x5)
- She bent the straw in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x6)
- How long is each side of the bent wire square? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x7)
- Bend your knees when you lift a heavy box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x8)
- She bent down to tie her shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x9)
- Drive slowly round the bend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x10)
- A straw looks bent in a glass of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x11)
- The river bends around the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x12)
- Don't bend the rules of the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x13)
- "Where?" said Woe, bending down; "I can't see a thing." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/#x14)

### note

A wire bent into a shape keeps its length: the length is the perimeter. Trap: bending in half makes two parts of half the length. Past form «bent», not «bended». Safety: lift with bent knees and a straight back.

### In the corpora

- [Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.694/)
- [If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.78/)
- [Who traineth my hands for war, so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.246/)
- [I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.620/)
- [O come, let us bow down and bend the knee; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1705/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bend» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bend/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.