"backbend" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backbends [plural]
Etymology: back + bend Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|bend}} back + bend Head templates: {{en-noun}} backbend (plural backbends)
  1. (gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands. Categories (topical): Dance, Gymnastics Translations (a gymnastics, contortion, or dance move): мост (most) [masculine] (Bulgarian), tilts [masculine] (Latvian), мост (most) [masculine] (Russian), за́дний мост (zádnij most) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-backbend-en-noun-TstmuxRj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Topics: dance, dancing, gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back bend, back-bend

Verb [English]

Forms: backbends [present, singular, third-person], backbending [participle, present], backbended [participle, past], backbended [past], backbent [participle, past], backbent [past]
Etymology: back + bend Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|bend}} back + bend Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=backbent}} backbend (third-person singular simple present backbends, present participle backbending, simple past and past participle backbended or backbent)
  1. To perform such a move.
    Sense id: en-backbend-en-verb-Zjv~Z9kb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: back bend, back-bend

Inflected forms

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