Определение u-bend в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- A U-shaped bend, usually the bend in a waste pipe
- Big Bend
- An area of western Texas by the Mexican border
- Big Bend
- Big Bend National Park, a national park in Texas
- Big Bend patchnose snake
- A snake, Salvadora derserticola, from the Big Bend area of Texas
- Big Bend patchnose snakes
- plural form of Big Bend patchnose snake
- above one's bend
- Out of one's control or power
- around the bend
- Crazy, insane
Judge John Pickering had clearly gone around the bend, often presiding over his court while drunk. — (Can we this quote?) Joyce Oldham Appleby, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson, Times Books, page 208:.
- bend
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines
- bend
- A curve
- bend
- To apply oneself to a task or purpose
He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
- bend
- One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third
- bend
- To apply to a task or purpose
He bent company's resources to gaining market share.
- bend
- To swing the body when rowing
- bend
- A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness
- bend
- To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary
- bend
- To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means
Don’t bend your knees.
- bend
- To submit
I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
- bend
- To become curved
Look at the trees bending in the wind.
- bend
- To change direction
The road bends to the right.
- bend
- To smoothly change the pitch of a note
You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
- bend
- To force to submit
They bent me to their will.
- bend
- To cause to change direction
- bend
- To stoop
He bent down to pick up the pieces.
- bend
- To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast
Bend the sail to the yard.
- bend down
- To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Tangled up in blue.
- bend one's elbow
- To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar
One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he starts bending his elbow or ties one on. When he is really plastered, El Caucho looks grim, but he isn't really nasty.
- bend over
- To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling
- bend over backwards
- To make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths
They bent over backwards to make sure everything was just right for the visit.
- bend sinister
- A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from top right to bottom left (as you look at it), held to indicate bastardy
- bend somebody's ear
- To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person
Sorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.
- bend the truth
- To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience
In relating the story to Julie, he decided to bend the truth just enough to make her think he had really been in danger.
- carrick bend
- A round knot used to join two rope hawsers when required to go round the barrel of a capstan without jamming
- double sheet bend
- Doubled version of the sheet bend; A strong knot used to tie two ropes together
- hairpin bend
- An acute bend (often one of a series) in a road, especially one on a steep incline
- in bend
- Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base
- round the bend
- crazy, mad or insane
- sheet bend
- A type of knot that can be used to join two ropes of different diameters
- sneck-bend
- A hook shaped bend in a river, road etc
- bend
- A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road
- bend the rules
- Do something or to allow someone to do something which is not usually allowed
- bend
- {n} a part bent, turn, curve, knot, band
- bend
- {v} to crook, bow, submit, apply, subdue, fasten
- around the bend
- Crazy or insane, off your rocker. "If I had to listen to that noise all the time, I'd go around the bend."
- bend down
- Bend down is slang for to allow to happen
- bend over
- Put oneself into position to be thrashed on the buttocks
- bend over
- (deyim) A command (usually given by objects) implying that one is about to be taken advantage of, be in a bad situation, or fail miserably
- bend over
- Bend your body or part of your body
- bend over backwards
- (deyim) Make every effort, especially to be fair or helpful
- round the bend
- (deyim) To be/go round the bend is to be/become mentally confused or unable to act in a reasonable way
If I'd stayed there any longer I'd have gone round the bend.
- Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- battle fought in 1814 in Alabama between the Creek Indian tribe and white settlers which put an end to the Creek War (the Creek Indians suffered heavy casualties)
- Big Bend
- A region of southwest Texas on the Mexican border in a triangle formed by a bend in the Rio Grande. The area includes deep river canyons, desert wilderness, mountains rising to 2,386.6 m (7,825 ft), archaeological remains, and rare forms of plant and animal life
- Big Bend National Park
- Preserve, southwestern Texas, U.S. It lies 250 mi (400 km) southeast of El Paso and occupies 1,252 sq mi (3,243 sq km). It was established in 1944 and named for the wide bend in the Rio Grande that skirts its southern edge. The park has magnificent mountain and desert scenery; it is home to more than 1,000 species of plants, and its wildlife includes coyotes, pumas, and roadrunners
- South Bend
- A city of northern Indiana near the Michigan border northwest of Fort Wayne. A fur-trading post was established here in 1820. Population: 105,511. City (pop., 2000: 107,789), northern Indiana, U.S. It is situated on the St. Joseph River. The French established a fur-trading post at the site in 1820, which was later promoted as a European settlement. Its highly industrialized economy has roots in the pioneering companies founded there in the 19th century, including Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company (later an auto plant) and Singer Company, a sewing machine manufacturer. The central city has been dubbed Michiana because it serves as the trade and financial focus of southern Michigan as well as northern Indiana. Nearby is the University of Notre Dame
- bend
- curved segment of a road or river or railroad track etc
- bend
- To change pitch in a continuous sliding manner, usually using a pitch-bend wheel or lever See pitch-bend
- bend
- an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
- bend
- form a curve; "The stick does not bend
- bend
- It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base
- bend
- To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue
- bend
- When a road, beam of light, or other long thin thing bends, or when something bends it, it changes direction to form a curve or angle. The road bent slightly to the right Glass bends light of different colours by different amounts
- bend
- bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
- bend
- The best quality of sole leather; a butt
- bend
- To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor
- bend
- Usually referred to as the bends
- bend
- Knot that connects two lines
- bend
- If you bend the truth or bend the facts, you say something that is not exactly true. Sometimes we bend the truth a little in order to spare them the pain of the real facts. see also bent, hairpin bend
- bend
- If you bend something that is flat or straight, you use force to make it curved or to put an angle in it. Bend the bar into a horseshoe She'd cut a jagged hole in the tin, bending a knife in the process. straighten + bent bent a length of bent wire
- bend
- a combination of turns and tucks by which a line is fastened to another one; to tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast
- bend
- Hard, indurated clay; bind
- bend
- turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
- bend
- n lentur
- bend
- form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
- bend
- Flexion of the horse's neck or of his entire body, from poll to tail
- bend
- A bend in a road, pipe, or other long thin object is a curve or angle in it. The crash occurred on a sharp bend
- bend
- If someone bends to your wishes, they believe or do something different, usually when they do not want to. Congress has to bend to his will Do you think she's likely to bend on her attitude to Europe?
- bend
- The curved angle of a hook from the gap to the point
- bend
- A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post
- bend
- To fasten by means of a bend or knot
- bend
- When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend. I bent over and kissed her cheek She bent and picked up a plastic bucket She was bent over the sink washing the dishes
- bend
- a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
- bend
- bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"
- bend
- cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
- bend
- To bow in prayer, or in token of submission
- bend
- When you bend a part of your body such as your arm or leg, or when it bends, you change its position so that it is no longer straight. These cruel devices are designed to stop prisoners bending their legs As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly. + bent bent Keep your knees slightly bent
- bend
- {f} make curved; lean down; tilt; surrender; invert, turn over
- bend
- change direction; "The road bends"
- bend
- same as caisson disease
- bend
- Turn; purpose; inclination; ends
- bend
- When you bend your head, you move your head forwards and downwards. Rick appeared, bending his head a little to clear the top of the door
- bend
- To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee
- bend
- To apply closely or with interest; to direct
- bend
- If you bend rules or laws, you interpret them in a way that allows you to do something they would not normally allow you to do. A minority of officers were prepared to bend the rules
- bend
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a crook in the path"
- bend
- movement that causes the formation of a curve
- bend
- a change in the direction of light as it passes from one medium to another; refraction
- bend
- To jut over; to overhang
- bend
- To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow
- bend
- To be inclined; to be directed
- bend
- The laterally arced position in which the horse's body appears to form an even curve from poll to tail Examples of faulty bend are: bending only in the neck, only at the base of the neck, or bent the wrong direction
- bend
- diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left
- bend
- feelings If you say that someone or something drives you round the bend, you mean that you dislike them and they annoy or upset you very much. And can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend
- bend
- {i} curve, kink; knot, mat
- bend
- The stress needed to fracture a bar of material of specified dimensions, when the bar is supported horizontally at its two ends and the load is applied to the middle of the bar
- bend
- One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field
- bend
- curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc )
- bend
- This is a type of wood defect--the pulling together of one side of the board
- bend
- To tie or fasten; what lubbers would call a "knot "
- bend
- A band
- bend
- To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline
- bend
- Deflect
- bend
- A type of knot used to connect a line to a spar or another line Also the act of using such a knot
- bend
- emphasis If you say that someone is bending over backwards to be helpful or kind, you are emphasizing that they are trying very hard to be helpful or kind. People are bending over backwards to please customers
- bend
- a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade Range
- bend
- A feature joining two walls
- bend back
- {f} tilt backward, bend backward
- bend down
- lean downward
- bend forward
- bend toward the front
- bend on
- means to attach signal flag to a halyard
- bend on
- Attach sail to mast, boom or stay
- bend on
- to attach signal flag to a halyard
- bend over
- lean to the other side
- bend over backwards
- take extra precaution, make an enormous effort, go the extra mile (to see that something gets done)
- bend sinister
- n. Heraldry A band passing from the upper sinister corner of an escutcheon to the lower dexter corner
- bend someone's ear
- {f} talk to someone for a long time to ask a favour; talk to a person without stopping in a boring manner
- bend the knee
- bow down, pay homage
- bend the neck
- surrender
- bend to someone's wishes
- comply, obey, yield
- big bend
- a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande
- big bend national park
- a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife
- big bend state
- Tennessee; a nickname
- carrick bend
- a knot used to connect the ends of two large ropes or hawsers
- fisherman's bend
- a knot for tying a line to a spar or ring
- hairpin bend
- sharp turn (in a road, river, etc.)
- hairpin bend
- a U-shaped bend in a road
- hairpin bend
- A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction. .hairpin 'turn a very sharp U-shaped curve in a road
- hawser bend
- a knot uniting the ends of two lines
- knee bend
- exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
- round the bend
- balmy: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
- sharp bend
- sharp turn, abrupt curve, dangerous curve
- sheet bend
- n. Nautical A knot in which one rope or piece of yarn is made fast to the bight of another. Also called weaver's hitch, weaver's knot
- sheet bend
- {i} weaver's knot, knot used to temporarily tie one rope through the loop of another
- sheet bend
- a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye)
- south bend
- a city in northern Indiana