courbant in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for courbant in the French»English Dictionary

I.courber [kuʀbe] VB trans

1. courber (faire plier):

courber rameau, barre

to bend

2. courber (incliner):

courber corps, partie du corps

to bend

courbant la tête sur son livre

bending over his/her book

courbant le dos ou les épaules pour

bending down in order to

courber la tête ou le front ou le dos fig

to bow down

II.courber [kuʀbe] VB intr

courber sous le poids

to be bowed down under the weight

III.se courber VB refl

se courber (se baisser)

to bend down

se courber (avec l'âge)

to become bent with age

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courber l'échine devant

to submit to

Translations for courbant in the English»French Dictionary

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bend over

se pencher, se courber

bow down wind: tree

courber

bow down weight: person

plier, courber

kowtow

courber l'échine

bend down

se pencher, se courber

hump back

courber

bow branch

courber

bow plant, shelf:

se courber (under sous)

bend head

courber, pencher

bend back

courber

bend person:

se courber, se pencher

to bend low

se courber jusqu'à terre

curve (gen)

courber

courbant in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for courbant in the French»English Dictionary

I.courber [kuʀbe] VB intr

courber sous qc personne, bois

to bend under sth

II.courber [kuʀbe] VB trans

1. courber (plier):

courber

to bend

2. courber (pencher):

courber le dos

to stoop

courber les épaules

to hunch one's shoulders

courber la tête devant qn

to give in to sb

III.courber [kuʀbe] VB refl se courber

1. courber:

se courber

to bend down

se courber

to be bent

se courber

to bow

2. courber (ployer):

se courber

to bend

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courber [ou plier] l'échine devant qn/qc

to kowtow to sb

baisser/courber la tête

to lower/bend one's head

Translations for courbant in the English»French Dictionary

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curve

se courber

bend body

courber

courbant Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

courber [ou plier] l'échine devant qn/qc

to kowtow to sb

courber sous qc personne, bois

to bend under sth

courber le dos

to stoop

courber les épaules

to hunch one's shoulders

courber la tête devant qn

to give in to sb

se courber

to bend down

se courber

to be bent

se courber

to bow

se courber

to bend

baisser/courber la tête

to lower/bend one's head