Related Words for bend

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curve
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
crease
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Verb, Noun, Verb
crook
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
stoop
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
plication
x/x
Verb, Noun
fold
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Noun, Noun, Verb
twist
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Verb, Noun, Verb
crouch
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Verb, Noun, Verb
flexure
//
Verb, Noun, Verb
flexion
/x
Verb, Noun
flex
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Noun, Noun, Verb
crimp
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Verb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
turn
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
bow
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Noun, Noun, Verb
deflect
x/
Verb, Verb
deform
x/
Verb, Verb, Adjective
inflection
x/x
Adjective, Noun
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
straightened
/x
Verb
break
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Noun
stretched
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Verb
wiggle
/x
Noun
push
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Noun
splay
x
Noun
sway
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Noun
pull
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Noun
curvature
/xx
Noun
shaped
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Adjective
conform
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Verb
manipulate
x/xx
Verb
swerve
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Noun
squeeze
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Noun
shove
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Noun
screw
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Noun
tweak
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Noun
stick
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Noun
kneel
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Verb
wobble
/x
Noun
wriggle
/x
Noun
reshape
x/
Verb
deviate
/xx
Verb
distort
x/
Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
cross
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Noun
tilt
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Noun
snap
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Noun
loosen
/x
Verb
adjust
x/
Verb
slip
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Noun
fiddle
/x
Noun
twirl
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Noun
pivot
/x
Noun
alter
/x
Verb
defy
x/
Verb
hold
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Noun
skew
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Noun
warp
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Noun
move
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Noun
modify
/xx
Verb
blow
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Noun
force
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Noun
readjust
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Verb
crack
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Noun
swing
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Noun
lift
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Noun
poke
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Noun
curl
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Noun
nudge
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Noun
shake
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Noun
reach
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Noun
bender
/x
Name
tighten
/x
Verb
juts
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Verb
loose
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Adjective
protruding
x/x
Verb
swivel
/x
Noun
stand
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Noun
tuck
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Noun
whip
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Noun
walk
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Noun
flip
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Noun
pass
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Noun
change
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Noun
bounce
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Noun
roll
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Noun
kink
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Noun, Verb
rotate
/x
Verb
take
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Verb
straight
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Adjective
hobble
/x
Noun
soften
/x
Verb
strut
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Noun
trend
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Noun
buckle
/x
Noun
strain
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Noun
hump
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Noun
incline
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Noun
curb
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Noun
crick
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Noun
round
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Noun
spring
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Noun
spiral
/x
Noun
flange
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Noun
buck
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Noun
reflect
x/
Verb
bind
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Noun
bevel
/x
Noun
slant
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Noun
end up
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Phrase, Verb
hinge
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Noun
fracture
/x
Noun
stress
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Noun
beam
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Noun
corkscrew
/x
Noun
budge
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Noun
decline
x/
Noun
braid
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Noun
slope
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Noun
lever
/x
Noun
ball
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Noun
couch
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Noun
recline
x/
Verb
burn
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Noun
pretzel
/x
Noun
roll up
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
constrict
x/
Verb
rake
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Noun
press
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Noun
stiffen
/x
Verb
compel
x/
Verb
screw up
//
Phrase, Verb
corner
/x
Noun
wedge
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Noun
double up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
wrinkle
/x
Noun
cant
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Noun
beckham
/x
Name
lar
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Noun
danube
/x
Adjective
elkhart
/x
Name
boyne
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Name
lard
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Adjective
oxbow
/x
Adjective
meander
x/x
Noun
abide
x/
Verb
adapt
x/
Verb, Adjective
adhere
x/
Verb
angle
/x
Noun, Verb
arc
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
arch
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bay
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bight
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Noun, Verb
brush
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Noun, Verb
bulge
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Noun, Verb
burst
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Verb, Noun
buttress
/x
Noun, Verb
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
camber
/x
Noun, Verb
cede
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Verb
circle
/x
Noun, Verb
circumvent
xx/
Verb
clotting
/x
Noun
comply
x/
Verb
conduct
x/
Noun, Verb
contour
/x
Noun, Verb
cower
/x
Verb
crank
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
crawl
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Verb, Noun
creep
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Verb, Noun
cringe
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
curl up
//
Phrase, Verb
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cycling
/xx
Noun, Adjective
deflection
x/x
Noun
dent
/
Noun, Verb
dip
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Noun, Verb
ditch
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Noun, Verb
double
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
dual
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
elbow
/x
Noun, Verb
embankment
x/x
Noun
exercise
/xx
Noun, Verb
fatigue
x/
Noun, Verb
fawn
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
fit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
flexible
/xx
Adjective, Noun
flick
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Noun, Verb
flounder
/x
Noun, Verb
fork
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Noun, Verb
graph
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Noun, Verb
grovel
/x
Verb
gully
/x
Noun, Verb
hardness
/x
Noun
huddle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
hunch
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Noun, Verb
hustle
/x
Noun, Verb
inclination
xx/x
Noun
indent
x/
Noun, Verb
intradermal
xx/x
Adjective
jump
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Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
leaching
/x
Noun
leakage
/x
Noun
lean
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
look
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Verb, Noun
obey
x/
Verb
over
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
oxidation
xx/x
Noun
packing
/x
Noun, Adjective
pander
/x
Verb, Noun
plaice
/x
Noun
plait
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Noun, Verb
ply
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Noun, Verb
prong
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Noun, Verb
pucker
/x
Noun, Verb
quench
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Verb, Noun
radii
xxx
Noun
ramp
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Noun, Verb
refraction
x/x
Noun
relent
x/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
scourge
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Noun, Verb
segment
/x
Noun, Verb
semicircle
xx/x
Noun, Verb
shift
/
Noun, Verb
shoulder
/x
Noun, Verb
sinker
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
strong
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun
subassembly
xx/x
Noun
submit
x/
Verb
thaw
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Noun, Verb
thrown
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Adjective
tip
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Noun, Verb
toe
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Noun, Verb
torque
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Noun, Verb
torsion
/x
Noun
traverse
/x
Verb, Noun, Adverb, Adjective
trench
/
Noun, Verb
twofold
//
Adjective, Adverb
veer
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Verb, Noun
wan
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Name, Adjective
wring
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Verb, Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
aisle
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Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun