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# unbend

«unbend» in Mova's school dictionary: **to straighten it, as a bow is straightened after use** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (unbend, unbends, unbent, unbending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To unbend a bent thing is to straighten it, as a bow is straightened after use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbend/#m1)

2) To unbend is to stop being stiff or serious and relax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbend/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a bow is unstrung and put down; a stern person relaxes and joins in the fun

### examples

- Unbend your bow and rest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbend/#x1)
- The strict teacher unbent and laughed at the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbend/#x2)
- After the long test we unbent by playing a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unbend/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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