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bend(2)(dictionary)
bend(medicine)
bend(4)(dictionary)
bend(1)(dictionary)
S-bend(dictionary)
South Bend(encyclopedia)
bend 1, verb(dictionary)
South Bend(tourism)
bend 2, noun(dictionary)

bend(1) (iou)



bend noun1.
[Old English bend = Gothic bandi, from Germanic, from base of BIND verb: later infl. by Old French bende BAND noun2. Replaced by band or bond exc. in nautical use.]
A band, a fetter; in pl., bonds, imprisonment. OE-LME.
A clamp; a connecting piece. ME-L16.
Nautical. Any of various kinds of knot, as cable bend, fisherman's bend, etc. E18.