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| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, bending, bow, corner, crook, curvature, deviation, hook, lean, loop, round, sag, shift, tack, tilt, turn, twist, yaw, zigzag, curvation, deflection, flection, flexure |
| Antonyms: | line |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form or cause a curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bow, buckle, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag, angle away, angle off, camber, incurvate |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade; influence |
| Synonyms: | compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield, change mind |
| Main Entry: | compressed air sickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decompression sickness |
| Synonyms: | aeroembolism, bends, caisson disease, divers' palsy, divers' paralysis |
| Main Entry: | decompression sickness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition caused by rapid change in atmospheric pressure |
| Synonyms: | aeroembolism, air embolism, bends, caisson disease, decompression disease, diver's condition, diver's palsy, dysbaric illness, the bends, tunnel disease |
| Main Entry: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape formed by two lines meeting at a point |
| Synonyms: | bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, point, slant, turn, twist, V, Y, flection, flexure, obliquity, turning |
| Main Entry: | apply |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work hard |
| Synonyms: | address, be diligent, be industrious, bear down, bend, buckle down*, commit, concentrate, dedicate, devote, dig, direct, give, give all one's got, give best shot, give old college try, grind, hammer away, hit the ball, hustle*, knuckle down*, make effort, peg away, persevere, plug*, pour it on, pull out all stops, scratch, study, sweat*, throw, try, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arc |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | arch, bend, bow, crescent, curvature, round, curvation, half-moon |
| Notes: | ark is a large, commodious boat and arc is something shaped like a curve or arch; a segment of a circle |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curve, curved structure |
| Synonyms: | arc, archway, bend, bow, curvature, dome, semicircle, span, vault |
| Main Entry: | arch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curve |
| Synonyms: | arc, bend, bow, bridge, extend, form, hook, hump, hunch, round, shape, span, stretch, camber |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean or tilt |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, incline, pitch, slant, slope, camber |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bend from waist |
| Synonyms: | angle, arc, arch, bend, bending, bob, curtsy, curvature, curve, inclination, kowtow*, nod, obeisance, round, salaam, turn, curvation, flection, flexure, genuflection, turning |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | submit, concede |
| Synonyms: | accept, acquiesce, bend, capitulate, cave, comply, defer, give in, knuckle under*, kowtow*, relent, succumb, surrender, yield, be servile, knuckle |
| Antonyms: | defend, fight, overpower |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buckle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contort, warp |
| Synonyms: | bend, bulge, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield, cave in |
| Antonyms: | flatten, smooth |
| Main Entry: | buckle down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | work very hard |
| Synonyms: | address, apply oneself, attend to, bend, concentrate on, dedicate oneself to, devote oneself to, exert oneself, get serious, give, give oneself over to, keep close to, keep one's mind on, knuckle down, launch into, occupy oneself with, pitch in, plunge into, put one's hand to the plow, put one's nose to the grindstone, set to, swing into action, take the bull by the horns, throw, turn |
| Antonyms: | be lazy, ignore, relax |
| Main Entry: | budge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dislodge from staid position |
| Synonyms: | bend, change, convince, inch, influence, move, persuade, propel, push, remove, roll, shift, slide, stir, sway, yield, change position, give way, locomote |
| Main Entry: | careen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tilt; move wildly down path |
| Synonyms: | bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt |
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
| Synonyms: | bend, break, crack up*, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, flag, fold, founder, give, give in, go*, go to pieces*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield, belly up, cave in, conk out*, fall down, flake out, give out, give way |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, bend, comply, concede, deign, descend, favor, grant, oblige, submit, vouchsafe, yield, be courteous, come down off high horse, degrade oneself, demean oneself, high hat, lower oneself, see fit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | contort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disfigure, distort |
| Synonyms: | bend, convolute, curve, deform, knot, torture, twist, warp, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, misshape |
| Antonyms: | beautify, smooth |
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