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Nouns (15)

curve

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

bend dexter

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

bending

n. movement that causes the formation of a curve

turn, crook

n. a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"

bending, flex, flexion, flection, inflection

n. the act of bending something

fold, plication, crimp, crease, flexure

n. an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"

Verbs (6)

bend

v. change direction; "The road bends"

flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

twist, deform

v. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

deflect, turn away

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

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (168)

corner, turning point

n. the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

recession, recess, corner, niche

n. a small concavity

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

angle

n. the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

tuck

n. a narrow flattened pleat or fold that is stitched in place

line, seam, furrow, wrinkle, crease, crinkle

n. a slight depression in the smoothness of a surface; "his face has many lines"; "ironing gets rid of most wrinkles"

ridge

n. any long raised strip

circuit, loop

n. anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself)

curve, curved shape

n. the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

buckle, warp, warping

n. a shape distorted by twisting or folding

twist, twirl, kink

n. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

fold, plica

n. a folded part (as in skin or muscle)

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

v. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn

v. cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

turn, turn over

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

yield, give, ease up, give way, move over

v. move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

pitch, incline, slope

v. be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

sag, sag down, cause to sag

v. cause to sag; "The children sagged their bottoms down even more comfortably"

wring, deform, distort, contort

v. twist and press out of shape

relax, loosen, become loose, become looser

v. become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

slack, slow down, slacken, slow, slow up

v. become slow or slower; "Production slowed"

remit, slacken

v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

run, incline, lean, tend, be inclined, have a tendency

v. have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

kneel, be on one's knees

v. rest one's weight on one's knees; "In church you have to kneel during parts of the service"

coil, loop, curl

v. wind around something in coils or loops

bend, deflect, turn away

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

yield, quail, give way, stop resisting, be overpowered by

v. end resistance, as under pressure or force; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram"

coil, loop, curl

v. wind around something in coils or loops

bend, deflect, turn away

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

bear

v. move while holding up or supporting; "Bear gifts"; "bear a heavy load"; "bear news"; "bearing orders"

aim, take, train, direct, take aim

turn

v. move around an axis or a center; "The wheels are turning"

turn

v. cause to move around or rotate; "turn a key"; "turn your palm this way"

turn, turn over

v. cause to move around a center so as to show another side of; "turn a page of a book"

tilt, lean, slant, tip, angle

v. to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"

shift, stir, agitate, budge

v. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"

duck, move up and down

v. to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away; "Before he could duck, another stone struck him"

stoop, descend

v. debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way; "I won't stoop to reading other people's mail"

wind, weave, thread, meander

v. to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body"

amble, mosey

v. walk leisurely

promenade, stroll

v. take a walk

saunter, stroll

v. walk leisurely and with no apparent aim

cast, ramble, swan, stray, range, drift, vagabond, wander, roam, rove

v. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

yield, give, ease up, give way, move over

v. move in order to make room for someone for something; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd"

shunt, transfer to another track

v. transfer to another track, of trains

coil, loop, curl

v. wind around something in coils or loops

bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

twist, bend, deform

v. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

Synonyms (0)

Antonyms (7)

unbend, straighten out, straighten, straighten up

v. straighten up or out; make straight

unbend

v. free from flexure; "unbend a bow"

straighten out, straighten

v. make straight

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