- present tense form of bend (3rd person singular).
bends
Britishplural noun
Vocabulary lists containing bends
Civil Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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Engineering - High School
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Appeared in the February 6, 2026, print edition as 'Vought Bends the Curve'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
At Sant Feliu de Guíxols, the northern terminus of the impossibly photogenic Road of 1,000 Bends, I am tempted to lunch at one of the many outdoor restaurants overlooking the town’s beach and harbor.
From Washington Post • May 27, 2022
Rosie Carney released a full-length folkification of The Bends.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2020
So if I Remember is your version of The Bends, have we got an OK Computer to come?
From BBC • Sep. 12, 2016
“Captain Short comes in for a landing. She takes off her helmet. Bends down, presumably to pick up an acorn, and...there!”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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