bends
/bɛndz/
verb
- Third person singular present tense of bend: to curve or make something curved.
- He bends down to pick up the coin.
- The tree bends in the strong wind.
- She bends the wire into a circle.
noun
- A serious condition caused by rapid decompression, such as when a diver surfaces too quickly, resulting in pain and sometimes paralysis (the bends).
- The diver got the bends after ascending too fast.
- Symptoms of the bends include joint pain and dizziness.
- To avoid the bends, divers must follow safety procedures.
- Curved or angled parts of something, such as a road or river.
- The pipe has several sharp bends.
- Drive carefully on the mountain bends.
- The river has many bends along its course.
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