Synset

form a curve
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23

sample sentences

"The stick does not bend"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The glass tubes %s

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
The glass tubes %s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

bendable bender bend bend

antonym

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

flexure flexure

semantic pointers

hypernym

change shape, change form, deform

hyponym

crook, curve arch, curve, arc incurvate retroflex, replicate lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle crouch, stoop, bend, bow double over, double, double up grovel, cringe, fawn, crawl, creep, cower curl, curl up, draw in