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  • 111bend — [[t]be̱nd[/t]] ♦♦♦ bends, bending, bent 1) VERB When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend. [V adv/prep] I bent over and kissed her cheek... [V adv/prep] Turn the pot if the plants show… …

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  • 112Bend Municipal Airport — Infobox Airport name = Bend Municipal Airport nativename = nativename a = nativename r = image width = caption = IATA = BDN ICAO = KBDN type = Public owner = operator = Bend, Oregon city served = location = 3456 elevation f = 1053.4 elevation m …

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  • 113bend — bend1 bendable, adj. /bend/, v., bent or (Archaic) bended; bending, n. v.t. 1. to force (an object, esp. a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an… …

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  • 114bend — bend1 W3S3 [bend] v past tense and past participle bent [bent] [: Old English; Origin: bendan] 1.) [I and T] to move part of your body so that it is not straight or so that you are not upright ▪ Lee bent and kissed her. ▪ She bent her head. ▪… …

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  • 115bend — 1 bend, verb past tense and past participle bent bent 1 MOVE YOUR BODY (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move the top half of your body forwards or downwards (+ towards/across etc): He bent towards me and whispered in my ear. | bend over (=bend …

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  • 116Bend Or — Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename = Bend Or caption = sire = Doncaster grandsire = Stockwell dam = Rouge Rose damsire = Thormanby sex = Stallion foaled = 1877 country = Great Britain flagicon|UK colour = Chestnut breeder = Eaton Stud owner …

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  • 117bend — I n. 1) to make a bend (the river makes a bend) 2) a horseshoe; sharp; slight bend 3) a knee bend 4) (misc.) (colloq.) (BE) round the bend ( mentally unsound ) II v. 1) (D; intr., tr.) to bend to (the road bends to the right; she cannot bend them …

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  • 118Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin — Infobox Oil field name = Bend Arch Fort Worth Basin Province region = North Central Texas country = United States coordinates = locblock = offonshore = Onshore operators = Devon Energy, Chesapeake Energy, EOG Resources, XTO Energy, EnCana, Range …

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  • 119bend — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ gentle, slight, wide ▪ hairpin (BrE), sharp, tight ▪ Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat …

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  • 120bend — I [[t]bɛnd[/t]] v. bent, bend•ing, n. 1) to force from a straight form into a curved or angular one or from a curved or angular form into a different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop[/ex] 2) to guide in a particular direction: to bend one s… …

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