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Meaning of bends
noun
- A curve. Example: There's a sharp bend in the road ahead.
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- (in the plural, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness. Example: A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends.
- 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.
- Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
verb
- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means. Example: Don’t bend your knees.
- To become curved. Example: Look at the trees bending in the wind.
- To cause to change direction.
- To change direction. Example: The road bends to the right
- To be inclined; to direct itself.
noun
- The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
noun
- A sometimes fatal condition resulting from the formation of nitrogen bubbles in the blood and tissues, because of too rapid decompression, seen especially in deep-sea divers ascending rapidly from a dive. It is characterized by severe pains in the joints and chest, skin irritation, cramps, nausea, and paralysis.
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