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bend [bend](verb: preterite, past participle bent)1. noun• to take a bend [car] prendre un virage[+ back, body] courber ; [+ leg, arm, knee] plier ; [+ head] pencher ; [+ branch] faire ployer ; [+ pipe, rod] tordre[person] se baisser[person] se pencher* * *[bend] 1.noun gen ( in road) tournant m, virage m; ( in pipe) coude m; ( in river) courbe f; (of elbow, knee) pli m2.bends plural noun Medicine (+ v sg ou pl) maladie f des caissons3.transitive verb (prét, pp bent) plier [knee, arm, leg]; courber, pencher [head]; courber [back]; faire un coude à [pipe, bar]; plier [wire]; ( by mistake) tordre [pipe, nail]4.to bend the rules — gen contourner la loi (or le règlement); ( make exception) faire une exception
intransitive verb (prét, pp bent)1) [road, path] tourner; [river] ( once) s'incurver; ( several times) faire des méandres; [branch] ployer; [nail, mudguard] se tordre2) [person] se courber, se pencherto bend forward/backwards — se pencher en avant/en arrière
•Phrasal Verbs:••to drive somebody (a)round the bend — (colloq) rendre quelqu'un fou/folle
to bend over backwards for somebody/to do — se mettre en quatre pour quelqu'un/pour faire
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