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Meanings of bending in English

The property of being bent or deflected.

Movement that causes the formation of a curve.

Bending.

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Usage of bending in English
1
Yes, there was no mistake: the road was bending to the left.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
2
There was just this one; doing something; bending over something; doing something.
The Gods Themselves
3
Then we also asked about the creative process behind this mind-bending project.
Wired
4
But Wood said her attraction to gender bending singers goes way back.
Reuters
5
The investment community is bending over backwards to reverse engineer an answer.
Reuters
6
The movements of the fingers principally consist in extending and bending them.
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Volume 1
7
He steps forward, bending to follow the lead team into the cellar.
The Fuller Memorandum
8
Lotte, I said, bending down to her, or maybe I said, Darling.
Great house: a novel
9
Then the line became the segment of a circle bending in shore.
The Beach of Dreams: A Romance
10
The process of bending the rings in this way is as shown.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
11
They were bending down over something in the middle of the road.
Odd
12
Then, bending forward slightly, he rested his weight on his good leg.
In every heartbeat
13
In second all were in the room, bending over their steel pets.
Boy Scouts on Motorcycles; Or, With the Flying Squadron
14
Thonolan had quickly understood the Sharamudoi way of bending and shaping wood.
The Valley of Horses
15
Moreover, the curvature thus caused is abrupt; the pressed part alone bending.
The Power of Movement in Plants
16
Dad was bending over the form, about to touch pen to paper.
Boy’s Life
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Bending across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common