bend

Pronúncia: bɛnd
    noun
  1. corba, recolzada, recolze, colzada.
  2. [of road] corba, volta, revolt, viratge.
  3. [of river] meandre.
  4. to take a bend agafar un revolt.
  5. sharp bend revolt tancat.
  6. to be round the bend slang & figurative estar trastocat, no estar ben bé del cap.
  7. to go round the bend figurative tornar-se boig, tocar-se, perdre el seny.
    8. transitive verb [preterite & past participle bent]
  8. tòrcer, torçar, vinclar, corbar, doblegar, colzar.
  9. [cause to sag] guerxar.
  10. [body, head] inclinar.
  11. [efforts, steps, etc.] dirigir (to a)
  12. [sail] envergar.
  13. to bend the knees agenollar-se.
  14. to bend someone to one's will sotmetre algú a la pròpia voluntat.
  15. to bend back doblegar cap enrere, aplanar.
  16. to bend down [head] inclinar.
  17. (idem) [object] doblegar cap avall.
    18. intransitive verb
  18. encorbar-se, torçar-se, tòrcer-se, vinclar-se, doblegar-se, colzar-se, guerxar-se.
  19. [of road] girar.
  20. [also to bend (down \ over)] [person] encorbar-se, inclinar-se, ajupir-se, abaixar-se.