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

: lying or placed below, beneath, or on the ventral side

: facing or protruding downward

: lower in rank or authority : subordinate

: belonging to oneself or itself

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

: one or ones belonging to oneself

: 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