bend in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bend 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

bend 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

fig to bend to sb's will

povinovati se nekome

to bend one's knees

kleknuti fig

to bend one's knees

biti ponizan

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

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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In determining a physical disability, common factors are the ability to sit, stand, lift, bend, and stoop.

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A police car is headed around a bend, unknowing that the criminals are coming at them from the other side.

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Position the monitor an arm's length away so you can read text easily without having to bend forward.

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Aluminum shafts are less expensive than carbon shafts, but they can bend and warp from use.

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These muscles are the ones that allow you to bend back your wrist with force.

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Follow the hairpin bend down the hill.

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A ro-langs can not speak or bend over, it signals its victims by wagging its tongue back and forth.

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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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Because its stems are weak, the wind and water action can bend the grass, creating the appearance of a field of tufts and cowlicks.

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