{
    "term": "bend",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "bend",
            "heSheIt": "bends"
        },
        "pastSimple": "bent",
        "pastParticiple": "bent",
        "ingForm": "bending"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to lean, or make something lean, in a particular direction",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.bend somethingbend something + adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He bent and kissed her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching."
                },
                {
                    "text": "fields of poppies bending in the wind",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bent over him to reach her book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bent forward to pick up the package."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep your feet apart, and bend at the waist"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bent his head and kissed her.",
                    "contextForm": "bend something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She bent her head towards him.",
                    "contextForm": "bend something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was bent over her desk writing a letter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He came closer and bent towards her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I bent down and tied my shoelace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had to bend double to get under the table."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sarah bent close to him."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["slightly", "quickly", "swiftly"],
                "preposition": ["at", "towards/​toward"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight",
            "sensetop": "bend something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Bend your knees**, keeping your back straight.",
                    "contextForm": "bend something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lie flat and let your knees bend."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to force something that was straight into an angle or a curve",
            "sensetop": "bend something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Mark the pipe where you want to bend it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The knives were bent out of shape."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He bent the wire into the shape of a square."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Physics and chemistry"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make something change direction in this way",
            "sensetop": "bend something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The road bent sharply to the right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Glass and water both bend light.",
                    "contextForm": "bend something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She bent her mind to the problem of escape."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make a great effort, especially in order to be helpful or fair",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've bent over backwards to help him."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say something that is not completely true",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you ask for something on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way (= showing you think you are less important than the person you are asking)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bend/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bend__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bendz/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bends__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bent/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bent__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bending__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bend/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bend__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bendz/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bends__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bent/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bent__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbendɪŋ/",
                "audio": "be/bend/bending__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band ‘strip of material’."
}