Bend vs. Bowing

Bend and Bowing Definitions
Bend
To cause to assume a curved or angular shape
Bend a piece of iron into a horseshoe.
Bowing
To bend or curve downward; stoop.
Bend
To bring (a bow, for example) into a state of tension by drawing on a string or line.
Bowing
To incline the body or head or bend the knee in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
Bend
To force to assume a different direction or shape, according to one's own purpose
“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events” (Robert F. Kennedy).
Bowing
To yield in defeat or out of courtesy; submit.
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Bend
To misrepresent; distort
Bend the truth.
Bowing
To bend (the head, knee, or body) to express greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
Bend
To relax or make an exception to
Bend a rule to allow more members into the club.
Bowing
To convey (greeting, for example) by bending the body.
Bend
To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect
Light is bent as it passes through water.
Bowing
To escort deferentially
Bowed us into the restaurant.
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Bend
To render submissive; subdue
“[His] words so often bewitched crowds and bent them to his will” (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Bowing
To cause to acquiesce; submit.
Bend
To apply (the mind) closely
“The weary naval officer goes to bed at night having bent his brain all day to a scheme of victory” (Jack Beatty).
Bowing
To overburden
Grief bowed them down.
Bend
(Nautical) To fasten
Bend a mainsail onto the boom.
Bowing
To bend (something) into the shape of a bow.
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Bend
To deviate from a straight line or position
The lane bends to the right at the bridge.
Bowing
(Music) To play (a stringed instrument) with a bow.
Bend
To assume a curved, crooked, or angular form or direction
The saplings bent in the wind.
Bowing
To bend into a curve or bow.
Bend
To incline the body; stoop.
Bowing
(Music) To play a stringed instrument with a bow.
Bend
To make a concession; yield.
Bowing
An inclination of the head or body, as in greeting, consent, courtesy, acknowledgment, submission, or veneration.
Bend
To apply oneself closely; concentrate
She bent to her task.
Bowing
A bent, curved, or arched object.
Bend
The act or fact of bending.
Bowing
A weapon consisting of a curved, flexible strip of material, especially wood, strung taut from end to end and used to launch arrows.
Bend
The state of being bent.
Bowing
An archer.
Bend
Something bent
A bend in the road.
Bowing
Archers considered as a group.
Bend
A knot that joins a rope to a rope or another object.
Bowing
(Music) A rod having horsehair drawn tightly between its two raised ends, used in playing instruments of the violin and viol families.
Bend
Bends The thick planks in a ship's side; wales.
Bowing
A stroke made by this rod.
Bend
Bends (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Decompression sickness. Used with the.
Bowing
A knot usually having two loops and two ends; a bowknot.
Bend
A band passing from the upper dexter corner of an escutcheon to the lower sinister corner.
Bowing
A frame for the lenses of a pair of eyeglasses.
Bend
(transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
Don’t bend your knees.
Bowing
The part of such a frame passing over the ear.
Bend
(intransitive) To become curved.
Look at the trees bending in the wind.
Bowing
A rainbow.
Bend
(transitive) To cause to change direction.
Bowing
An oxbow.
Bend
(intransitive) To change direction.
The road bends to the right.
Bowing
All senses
Bend
(intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
Bowing
The act of bending at the waist, as a sign of respect or greeting.
The courtier had practiced his bowing.
Bend
To stoop.
He bent down to pick up the pieces.
Bowing
A bending.
The heavy books caused a bowing in the shelf.
Bend
(intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
Bowing
A technique for using the bow on a string instrument such as a violin.
Bend
(transitive) To force to submit.
They bent me to their will.
Bowing
The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc.
Bend
(intransitive) To submit.
I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
Bowing
In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.
Bend
(transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
Bowing
Bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame
Bend
(intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
Bowing
Managing the bow in playing a stringed instrument;
The violinist's bowing was excellent
Bend
(transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
Bowing
Showing an excessively deferential manner
Bend
To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
Bend the sail to the yard.
Bend
To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
Bend
To swing the body when rowing.
Bend
A curve.
There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.
Bend
Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
Bend
A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
Bend
(heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
Bend
(obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Bend
In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
Bend
(mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
Bend
The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
Bend
The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
The midship bends
Bend
(music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
Bend
To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Bend
To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
Towards Coventry bend we our course.
Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent.
Bend
To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
To bend his mind to any public business.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will.
Bend
To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
Bend
To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
Bend
To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
The green earth's endWhere the bowed welkin slow doth bend.
Bend
To jut over; to overhang.
There is a cliff, whose high and bending headLooks fearfully in the confined deep.
Bend
To be inclined; to be directed.
To whom our vows and wished bend.
Bend
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
While each to his great Father bends.
Bend
A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
Bend
Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.
Bend
A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
Bend
The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
Bend
Hard, indurated clay; bind.
Bend
Same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
Bend
A band.
Bend
One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Bend
A circular segment of a curve;
A bend in the road
A crook in the path
Bend
Movement that causes the formation of a curve
Bend
Curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
Bend
An angular or rounded shape made by folding;
A fold in the napkin
A crease in his trousers
A plication on her blouse
A flexure of the colon
A bend of his elbow
Bend
A town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
Bend
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
Bend
Form a curve;
The stick does not bend
Bend
Change direction;
The road bends
Bend
Cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
Bend the rod
Twist the dough into a braid
The strong man could turn an iron bar
Bend
Bend one's back forward from the waist on down;
He crouched down
She bowed before the Queen
The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Bend
Turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
Bend
Bend a joint;
Flex your wrists
Bend your knees