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Meanings of bends in English

Portuguese
doença de descompressão

Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.

doença de descompressão
Usage of bends in English
1
The new calculation is based on how light bends around large galaxies.
The South African
2
Its control in lumpy bends is up there with the class best.
News.com.au
3
He goes to the window and bends to see what she means.
Rabbit, run
4
He also bends a shrub, improving the area of his intended swing.
The Irish Times
5
Zaheer bends one back in above Prior's groin and he's looking dangerous.
The Guardian
6
Beautiful open views alternate with the tighter blind pockets of the bends.
The Irish Times
7
You need to have a material that bends light around an object.
The Guardian
8
By out-lasting your competitors and foes, the storyline naturally bends your way.
Reuters
9
Never have I seen such violent twists and bends in a river.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
10
At one point he bends Marsha over the sink and they grind.
Ebony
11
A prism is wedge-shaped and bends rays of light towards its base.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
12
The padre bends searching eyes on the youth as the door opens.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
13
It wasn't really deep enough to have to worry about the bends.
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
14
Proceeded on my former tracks, cutting off the bends of the river.
Explorations in Australia / The Journals of John McDouall Stuart...
15
A little ahead the river bends-heis nearing the block at Akeanlinna.
The Song of the Blood-Red Flower
16
Kamikaze overtaking - on bends, hills and narrow roads - is commonplace.
The Irish Times
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Translations for bends
Bends through the time
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Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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