"bend down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bends down [present, singular, third-person], bending down [participle, present], bent down [participle, past], bent down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bend<,,bent> down}} bend down (third-person singular simple present bends down, present participle bending down, simple past and past participle bent down)
  1. To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position. Related terms: bend over Translations (to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position): կռանալ (kṙanal) (Armenian), mi aplec (Aromanian), əyilmək (Azerbaijani), наве́ждам се (navéždam se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), наведа́ се (navedá se) [perfective] (Bulgarian), acotar (Catalan), 俯下 (fǔxià) (Chinese Mandarin), 彎腰 (Chinese Mandarin), 弯腰 (wānyāo) (Chinese Mandarin), bukken (Dutch), malleviĝi (Esperanto), kliniĝi (Esperanto), sin klini (Esperanto), kyykistyä (Finnish), se baisser (French), agochar (Galician), agachar (Galician), sich bücken (German), lehajol (Hungarian), 屈む (kagamu) (Japanese), agachar-se (Portuguese), a se apleca (Romanian), нагиба́ться (nagibátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), нагну́ться (nagnútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), agacharse (Spanish), нахиля́тися (naxyljátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), нахили́тися (naxylýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bend down meaning in English (5.5kB)

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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kṙanal",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "կռանալ"
        },
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          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "mi aplec"
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          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "əyilmək"
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          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
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          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "acotar"
        },
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǔxià",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "俯下"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "彎腰"
        },
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wānyāo",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "弯腰"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "bukken"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "malleviĝi"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "kliniĝi"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "sin klini"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "kyykistyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "se baisser"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "agochar"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "agachar"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "sich bücken"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "lehajol"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kagamu",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "屈む"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "agachar-se"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "a se apleca"
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          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
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          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "word": "agacharse"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "naxyljátysja",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нахиля́тися"
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          "roman": "naxylýtysja",
          "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "нахили́тися"
        }
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  "word": "bend down"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kṙanal",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "կռանալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "mi aplec"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "əyilmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navéždam se",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "наве́ждам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "navedá se",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "наведа́ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "acotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔxià",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "俯下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "彎腰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wānyāo",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "弯腰"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "bukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "malleviĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "kliniĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "sin klini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "kyykistyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "se baisser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "agochar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "agachar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "sich bücken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "lehajol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kagamu",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "屈む"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "agachar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "a se apleca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagibátʹsja",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нагиба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nagnútʹsja",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нагну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "word": "agacharse"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naxyljátysja",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "нахиля́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "naxylýtysja",
      "sense": "to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нахили́тися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bend down"
}

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