bend (noun)

  • 101arm — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ upper ▪ the muscles of the upper arm ▪ muscular, powerful, strong …

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  • 102leg — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ front ▪ back, hind, rear ▪ lower …

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  • 103road — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, wide ▪ narrow ▪ busy, congested ▪ clear, deserted, empty …

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  • 104crook — noun 1》 a shepherd s hooked staff.     ↘a bishop s crozier. 2》 a bend, especially at the elbow in a person s arm. 3》 informal a person who is dishonest or a criminal. verb bend (something, especially a finger as a signal). adjective Austral./NZ… …

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  • 105black mangrove — noun 1. an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida • Syn: ↑Aegiceras majus • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Aegiceras, ↑genus Aegiceras 2. a mangrove of the West Indies and the southern Florida coas …

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  • 106blind curve — noun a curve or bend in the road that you cannot see around as you are driving • Syn: ↑blind bend • Hypernyms: ↑bend, ↑curve …

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  • 107wing bow — noun : the lesser coverts of the shoulder or bend of a bird s wing when distinctively colored used especially of poultry; see goose illustration * * * /boh/, (of poultry) the distinctively colored feathers on the shoulder or bend of the wing of a …

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  • 108saltire — noun Etymology: Middle English sautire, from Anglo French sautour Date: 14th century a heraldic charge consisting of a cross formed by a bend and a bend sinister crossing in the center …

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  • 109bendlet — noun A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend …

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  • 110bender — bend|er [ bendər ] noun count go on a bender INFORMAL to drink a very large amount of alcohol in a short time …

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