bends in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bends in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.bend [bend] N

1. bend:

bend (in a road)

krivina f

bend (in a pipe)

lakat m

bend (in a river)

okuka f

to take a bend

zaobići nešto

2. bend pl MED:

the bends

dubinska bolest

Phrases:

to go round the bend

poludeti

to go round the bend

odlepiti

to drive sb round the bend

izludeti nekog

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

1. bend (turn):

bend road

saviti // savijati

to bend forwards

nagnuti se napred

to be bent double

uvijati se

2. bend (be flexible):

bend

mrdnuti // mrdati

bend tree

poviti // povijati

be careful, that wire bends easily

pazi, te žice se lako krive

fig to bend to sb's will

povinovati se nekome

III.bend [bend] VB trans

bend

saviti // savijati

bend (deform)

deformisati perf i imperf

to bend one's knees

saviti kolena

to bend one's knees

kleknuti fig

to bend one's knees

biti ponizan

to bend the rules fig

zaobilaziti pravila

bend over, bend forward VB intr

1. bend over:

bend over

saviti se

bend over

nagnuti se

Phrases:

to bend over backwards

svim snagama pomagati nekome

bend down VB intr

bend down

sagnuti se perf

bend down

saviti se perf

I.bend back VB trans

bend back

saviti nazad

to bend back sth back into shape

vratiti nešto u prvobitan položaj

II.bend back VB intr

bend back

saviti se unazad

hair·pin 'bend N Brit, Aus, hair·pin 'curve N, hair·pin 'turn N Am

hairpin bend

lakat krivina f

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left-hand bend

krivina u levo

tight bend

oštar

blind bend

nepregledan

sharp bend

oštra krivina

go round the bend/twist

izludeti

bends Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to take a bend

zaobići nešto

to go round the bend

poludeti

to go round the bend

odlepiti

to drive sb round the bend

izludeti nekog

be careful, that wire bends easily

pazi, te žice se lako krive

fig to bend to sb's will

povinovati se nekome

to bend one's knees

kleknuti fig

to bend over backwards

svim snagama pomagati nekome

to bend back sth back into shape

vratiti nešto u prvobitan položaj

go round the bend/twist

izludeti

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It allowed association of primitive non-linear deformations such as bends and waves to geometry.

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The modern road bypasses the hairpin bends, but the old road still exists and its route can be walked, or carefully cycled.

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Riders would board one of several cars and would be taken twice around an oval shaped circuit which featured a hill and several s-bends.

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On the lumbar spine, unilateral contraction bends the trunk laterally, while bilateral contraction raises the trunk from its supine position.

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This can often lead to lorries getting stuck on narrow country lanes, tight bends, and hitting low bridges.

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My pimpled plafond is a rich, textured universe that, like a majestic oak with its dappled shade, bends and twists light into kinetic sculpture.

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It is sometimes used for cabinet panelling and in ornamental turnery, and natural bends were once sought after for making boat knees.

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There was major rebuilding in 193839, constructing new stands and entrances, resurfacing the track, moving portions of the track and adding two new bends.

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During this process the embalmer bends, flexes and massages the arms and legs to relieve rigor mortis.

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Bends and step-overs of adjacent faults become favorable locations for extensional and compressional stress or transtension and transpression stress, if the shear motion is oblique.

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