"bending" meaning in English

See bending in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bending.wav Forms: more bending [comparative], most bending [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} bending (comparative more bending, superlative most bending)
  1. Capable of being bent without breaking; able to be turned or twisted without breaking. Synonyms: flexible Derived forms: bendingly, circuit bending, genderbending, genre-bending, hyperbending, nonbending, race-bending, racebending, spoonbending, unbending Translations (motion or action): taivutus (Finnish), flexion [feminine] (French), flexus [masculine] (Latin), bøyning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bøying [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bøying [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), zginanie [neuter] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-bending-en-adj-GWgWhA28 Categories (other): Terms with French translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 21 42 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 35 14 42 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 36 15 42 7

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bending.wav Forms: bendings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bending (plural bendings)
  1. A motion or action that bends.
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  2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.
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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bending.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} bending
  1. present participle and gerund of bend Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bend
    Sense id: en-bending-en-verb-qPTPbW3r

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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