Related Words for bending

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crooked
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Adjective, Adjective
flexion
/x
Adjective, Noun
flex
/
Noun, Noun, Verb
deflection
x/x
Verb, Noun
inflection
x/x
Noun, Noun
twisting
/x
Verb
bowing
/x
Noun
stretching
/x
Verb
warping
/x
Noun
straightening
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Noun
deforming
x/x
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
lifting
/x
Noun
buckling
/x
Noun
sawing
/x
Noun
tilting
/x
Noun
curving
/x
Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
squeezing
/x
Verb
pulling
/x
Verb
pinching
/x
Noun
pushing
/x
Verb
loosening
/xx
Noun
folding
/x
Noun
distorting
x/x
Noun
manipulating
x/xxx
Verb
curvature
/xx
Noun
swaying
/x
Verb
snapping
/x
Verb
stooping
/x
Noun
hammering
/xx
Noun
poking
/x
Verb
tugging
/x
Verb
unbending
x/x
Adjective
cracking
/x
Noun
deformation
xx/x
Noun
arching
/x
Noun
altering
/xx
Verb
sliding
/x
Verb
pivoting
/xx
Noun
leaning
/x
Verb
flattening
/xx
Noun
gluing
/x
Verb
reshaping
x/x
Noun
shifting
/x
Verb
wedging
/x
Noun
rubbing
/x
Verb
shaping
/x
Verb
crumpling
/xx
Noun
clamping
/x
Noun
wobbling
/xx
Noun
straining
/x
Verb
stiffening
/xx
Noun
tearing
/x
Verb
tweaking
/x
Noun
kneeling
/x
Verb
softening
/xx
Noun
wiggling
/xx
Noun
turning
/x
Verb
thrusting
/x
Noun
stacking
/x
Noun
blowing
/x
Verb
rolling
/x
Noun
stripping
/x
Noun
twirling
/x
Verb
bumping
/x
Verb
balancing
/xx
Noun
jamming
/x
Noun
coiling
/x
Noun
whipping
/x
Verb
prying
/x
Verb
resisting
x/x
Verb
deflecting
x/x
Noun
skewing
/x
Noun
squashing
/x
Verb
sticking
/x
Verb
chopping
/x
Noun
slicing
/x
Verb
restraining
x/x
Verb
fiddling
/x
Noun
holding
/x
Verb
elongation
xx/x
Noun
constraining
x/x
Noun
modifying
/xxx
Verb
touching
/x
Verb
maneuvering
x/xx
Noun
splitting
/x
Noun
shaking
/x
Verb
messing
/x
Noun
crushing
/x
Verb
plucking
/x
Noun
nudging
/x
Verb
tapping
/x
Noun
obeying
x/x
Verb
bouncing
/x
Noun
tripping
/x
Noun
swinging
/x
Verb
changing
/x
Verb
shoving
/x
Verb
slipping
/x
Verb
ripping
/x
Verb
dragging
/x
Verb
flexure
//
Noun
curling
/x
Verb
gliding
/x
Verb
arcing
/x
Noun
spinning
/x
Adjective
actuation
/x/x
Noun
moving
/x
Verb
refracting
x/x
Adjective
jointing
/x
Noun
tipping
/x
Noun
dipping
/x
Noun
wrinkling
/xx
Noun
stepping
/x
Verb
intertwining
/xxx
Noun
baking
/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun
enfolding
x/x
Noun
pitching
/x
Noun
reaching
/x
Verb
bicycling
/xxx
Noun
posing
/x
Verb
telescoping
xx/x
Noun
inversion
x/x
Noun
lending
/x
Noun
braking
/x
Noun
torsion
/x
Noun
tensing
/x
Noun
marching
/x
Noun
distortion
x/x
Noun
animation
xx/x
Noun
steaming
/x
Noun
ascent
x/
Noun
easing
/x
Noun
creeping
/x
Verb
traveling
/xx
Verb
interlacing
xx/x
Noun
unsymmetrical
xx/xx
Adjective
biaxial
x/xx
Adjective
starlight
/x
Noun
bough
/
Noun
acceleration
xxx/x
Noun
bypassing
/xx
Verb
circumventing
xx/x
Verb
compression
x/x
Noun
compressive
x/x
Adjective
contour
/x
Noun, Verb
corresponding
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
crouch
/
Noun, Verb
decline
x/
Noun, Verb
deformity
x/xx
Noun
displacement
x/x
Noun
dissipative
/xxx
Adjective
doubling
/xx
Noun
downturn
/x
Noun, Verb
dynamic
x/x
Adjective, Noun
flexural
//x
Adjective
frictional
/xx
Adjective
hunch
/
Noun, Verb
hydrostatic
xx/x
Adjective
incline
x/
Noun, Verb
load
/
Noun, Verb
mechanical
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
modulus
/xx
Noun
osmotic
x/x
Adjective
pending
/x
Adjective
percolation
/xxx
Noun
reclining
x/x
Adjective, Noun
refraction
x/x
Noun
resistive
x/x
Adjective
resultant
x/x
Adjective, Noun
rupture
/x
Noun, Verb
shearing
/x
Noun, Adjective
shortening
/xx
Noun
shrinkage
/x
Noun
slowdown
/x
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
tensile
/x
Adjective
torture
/x
Noun, Verb
weakening
/xx
Noun
yielding
/x
Noun, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
aisle
/
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun