Band vs. Bend

Bandnoun

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

Bandnoun

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

Bandnoun

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

Bandnoun

A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

Bandnoun

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

Bandnoun

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

Bandnoun

(architecture) A strip of decoration.

Bandnoun

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

Bandnoun

In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

Bandnoun

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Bandnoun

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Bandnoun

(in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Bandnoun

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Bandnoun

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) A bond.

Bandnoun

(obsolete) Pledge; security.

Bandnoun

A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.

Bandnoun

(sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc

Bandnoun

(medicine) lang=en

Bandnoun

A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Bandnoun

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

Bandnoun

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

Bandnoun

A marching band.

Bandnoun

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose a band of thieves.

Bandnoun

(anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.

Bandnoun

(Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Bandverb

To fasten with a band.

Bandverb

To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Bandverb

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

Bandnoun

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or confined; a fetter.

Bandnoun

A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of color, or of brickwork, etc.

Bandnoun

That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

Bandnoun

A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Bandnoun

Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

Bandnoun

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on any article of dress, to bind, strengthen, ornament, or complete it.

Bandnoun

A company of persons united in any common design, especially a body of armed men.

Bandnoun

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instruments (trumpets, clarinets, etc.), and drums, or cymbals; as, a high school's marching band.

Bandnoun

A space between elevated lines or ribs, as of the fruits of umbelliferous plants.

Bandnoun

A stripe, streak, or other mark transverse to the axis of the body.

Bandnoun

A belt or strap.

Bandnoun

A bond.

Bandnoun

Pledge; security.

Bandverb

To bind or tie with a band.

Bandverb

To mark with a band.

Bandverb

To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy.

Bandverb

To confederate for some common purpose; to unite; to conspire together.

Bandverb

To bandy; to drive away.

Band

imp. of Bind.

Bandnoun

an unofficial association of people or groups;

Bandnoun

instrumentalists not including string players

Bandnoun

a stripe of contrasting color;

Bandnoun

a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

Bandnoun

a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

Bandnoun

a range of frequencies between two limits

Bandnoun

something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

Bandnoun

jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

Bandnoun

a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

Bandnoun

a restraint put around something to hold it together

Bandverb

bind or tie together, as with a band

Bandverb

attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify;

Bendverb

(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To become curved.

Bendverb

(transitive) To cause to change direction.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To change direction.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.

Bendverb

To stoop.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

Bendverb

(transitive) To force to submit.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To submit.

Bendverb

(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.

Bendverb

(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.

Bendverb

(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.

Bendverb

To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.

Bendverb

To smoothly change the pitch of a note.

Bendverb

To swing the body when rowing.

Bendnoun

A curve.

Bendnoun

Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.

Bendnoun

A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.

Bendnoun

(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

Bendnoun

(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

Bendnoun

In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.

Bendnoun

(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.

Bendnoun

The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.

Bendnoun

The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.

Bendnoun

(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

Bendverb

To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.

Bendverb

To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.

Bendverb

To apply closely or with interest; to direct.

Bendverb

To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.

Bendverb

To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.

Bendverb

To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.

Bendverb

To jut over; to overhang.

Bendverb

To be inclined; to be directed.

Bendverb

To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.

Bendnoun

A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.

Bendnoun

Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.

Bendnoun

A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.

Bendnoun

The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.

Bendnoun

Hard, indurated clay; bind.

Bendnoun

same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.

Bendnoun

A band.

Bendnoun

One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

Bendnoun

a circular segment of a curve;

Bendnoun

movement that causes the formation of a curve

Bendnoun

curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)

Bendnoun

an angular or rounded shape made by folding;

Bendnoun

a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range

Bendnoun

diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

Bendverb

form a curve;

Bendverb

change direction;

Bendverb

cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

Bendverb

bend one's back forward from the waist on down;

Bendverb

turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest

Bendverb

bend a joint;