Adjacent Words

Bended definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEND'ED
BEND'ER, n. The person who bends,or makes crooked; also, an instrument for bending other things.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bend Bend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. & vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band, bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th Bend.] 1. 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. 2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. ``Bend thine ear to supplication.'' --Milton. Towards Coventry bend we our course. --Shak. Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct. To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple. But when to mischief mortals bend their will. --Pope. 4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. ``Except she bend her humor.'' --Shak. 5. (Naut.) 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. --Totten. To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden. Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you ask someone for something on bended knee, you ask them very seriously for it. (FORMAL) We beg the Government on bended knees not to cut this budget. PHRASE: usu PHR after v