Bend vs. Bowing

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;

Bowingverb

all senses

Bowingnoun

The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.

Bowingnoun

A bending.

Bowingnoun

A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.

Bowingnoun

The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.

Bowingnoun

In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.

Bowingnoun

bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame

Bowingnoun

managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument;

Bowingadjective

showing an excessively deferential manner

Bowing

Bowing (also called stooping) is the act of lowering the torso and head as a social gesture in direction to another person or symbol. It is most prominent in Asian cultures but it is also typical of nobility and aristocracy in many European countries.