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I . bend <bent, bent> [bend] N

bend (in river, road)
curva f
bend (in a pipe)
ângulo m
to take a bend
fazer uma curva
to go around the bend fig
enlouquecer

II . bend <bent, bent> [bend] VB intr

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III . bend <bent, bent> [bend] VB trans

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1. bend:

bend arms, legs
dobrar
bend head
abaixar

bend over VB intr

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Usage examples with bend

to take a bend
fazer uma curva
to bend the rules
abrir uma exceção
to go around the bend fig
enlouquecer
to bend sth up/down
envergar a. c. para cima/baixo
to bend over backwards for sb
desdobrar-se por alguém
to bend sb to one's will
submeter alguém à própria vontade

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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These muscles are the ones that allow you to bend back your wrist with force.
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If you leave the beach, clamber up the old hairpin bend road, past the early 20th-century coastguard station, you start to notice strange lumps and bumps in the grass.
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In determining a physical disability, common factors are the ability to sit, stand, lift, bend, and stoop.
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It has been argued that later pila were constructed so that the iron shank would bend on impact.
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They dared to break, or at least bend, some of the habits that so often make a prison of a society crammed with treasures.
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Whiskers bend forward as the cat pounces.
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On go all players attempt to bend back the wrists of their neighbor.
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There are pages to color, pipe cleaners to bend into monsters, macaroni to arrange into a necklace.
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Handshake is weakened and bend the fingers, sometimes there is a small hand muscles atrophy.
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His reality manipulation powers allow him to transmute matter and bend the laws of physics according to his imagination within a certain range.
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