"bending" meaning in English

See bending in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/ Forms: bendings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bending (plural bendings)
  1. A motion or action that bends. 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-noun-15moFGz8 Disambiguation of 'motion or action': 100 0
  2. An instance of something being adapted or distorted.
    Sense id: en-bending-en-noun-kA1NBSvj Categories (other): English terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: circuit bending, race-bending

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛndɪŋ/
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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 29 66

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