bend under one's own weight

:  to constrain or strain to tension by curving

:  to turn or force from straight or even to curved or angular

:  to force from a proper shape

:  the act or process of bending :  the state of being bent

:  something that is bent: such as

:  a curved part of a path (as of a stream or road)

:  a diagonal band that runs from the dexter chief (see ³chief 1) to the sinister base (see ¹base 4) on a heraldic shield — compare bend sinister

:  a knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to some object

:  in or into a position below or beneath something

:  below or short of some quantity, level, or limit

:  in or into a condition of subjection, subordination, or unconsciousness

:  below or beneath so as to be overhung, surmounted, covered, protected, or concealed by

:  subject to the authority, control, guidance, or instruction of

:  receiving or undergoing the action or effect of

:  lower in rank or authority :  subordinate

: used to express immediate or direct kinship

:  to have or hold as property :  possess

:  to have power or mastery over

:  to acknowledge to be true, valid, or as claimed :  admit

:  the amount that a thing weighs

:  the standard or established amount that a thing should weigh

:  one of the classes into which contestants in a sports event are divided according to body weight

:  to oppress with a burden

:  to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight

:  to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient