bend

Nautical a knot or eye in a line for joining it to another or to an object

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bend

[bend]

(design engineering)

The characteristic of an object, such as a machine part, that is curved.

A section of pipe that is curved.

A knot formed by a rope fastened to an object or another rope.

(electromagnetism)

A smooth change in the direction of the longitudinal axis of a waveguide.

(geology)

A curve or turn occurring in a stream course, bed, or channel which has not yet become a meander.

The land area partly encircled by a bend or meander.

(navigation)

The departure of a defined navigation course or bearing from a straight line.

pipe bend

A pipe fitting, 1 used to achieve a change in direction.

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She says: "My heart tells me you know and I am on bended knees begging you to end this torture and finally put my mind at rest."

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ONLY one in five Scots goes down on bended knee to pop the question, a survey revealed yesterday.

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The dancers maintain this rhythm (typically, with one partner's left hand clasping the other's right) as they navigate through turns--side to side, behind the back, or with one partner on bended knee, hand held out like a compass as the other literally dances circles around him.

With a hop, a kick, and a turn, Cumbia enters the global stage: a dance that began as part of the Spanish slave trade in Colombia is gaining popularity

There is no getting down on bended knee, no engagement ring produced from a pocket and no happy tears at the words: "Will you marry me?"

Practical couples opt out of romance

That article, entitled "'Hat in Hand,' on 'Bended Knee,'" is available online at www.thenewamerican.com/focus/un/

Here come the UN army & police: the Bush administration has helped build a fledgling UN military and police force, increasing the likelihood that the U.S. will eventually subordinate itself to UN authority

"CATSA had to go on bended knee, as it were, to get funding from the treasury board," he says.

Sky-high costs giving carriers a grounding

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Eventually I went back in and, desperate for a conversation, drew a bended information technology professional wearing one of those leather bandolier things into a cabin.

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Two women took advantage of the leap-year tradition by proposing to their boyfriends and two guys got down on bended knee.

Match made in heaven

Indicating a range of interests that he intends to pursue in his work for the magazine, his other books include On Bended Knee: The Press and the Reagan Presidency and, most recently, The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World.

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