Clues for the word "BEND"
We've had 122 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 367 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on August 11, 2026.
Definition of bend
- v. t. - To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
- v. t. - To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
- v. t. - To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
- v. t. - To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
- v. t. - To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
- v. i. - To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow.
- v. i. - To jut over; to overhang.
- v. i. - To be inclined; to be directed.
- v. i. - To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- n. - A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road.
- n. - Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
- n. - A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post.
- n. - The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt.
- n. - Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- n. - same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends.
- n. - A band.
- n. - One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Referring Clues
- Curve
- River feature
- Make curves
- Distort
- Big ___ (Texas)
- Flex
- Not stay rigid
- Give a little
- Give a bit
- Take a bow?
- Stoop
- Dangerous place to pass a car
- Crook
- Show flexibility
- Road irregularity
- Assume a stooped posture
- ___ over backwards
- Make concessions
- South ___, Indiana
- Curve in the road
- Be flexible
- Give in
- Turn in the road
- Road curve
- Show leniency
- Twist
- Bow to pressure
- "___ It Like Beckham"
- Twist out of shape
- Cause to curve
- Road turn
- Compromise
- Submit
- Relent
- Stretch, as the rules
- Show willingness to compromise
- Relax, as rules
- Bow to pressure?
- Make curved
- Reach for your toes
- Curved segment
- Plie, for one
- Emulate Gumby
- Demonstrate flexibility
- Gentle turn in a river or road
- What willows do
- Show flexibility, in a way
- Allow a compromise
- Modify, as rules
- Make a concession
- Moncton, familiarly
- Angle
- Stoop over
- Yield
- Hunch over
- Deep knee ___ (exercise unit)
- Distort, as the truth
- ___ over backward
- Stoop down
- It may be in the road
- Warp
- Fudge, as a rule
- ___ over backwards (try hard)
- Give in a little
- Give in to pressure
- Calisthenics movement
- Curve in a river
- Curve in a road
- Notre Dame setting
- What Superman can do to steel
- Deep knee ___
- CCR "Up Around the ___"
- Snow Patrol "The Planets ___ Between Us"
- "There's a slow, slow train comin' up around the ___"
- A danger to traffic could be sinister
- Bow at the finish, after a bad start
- Lean forward
- Persuade bad starter to finish
- Traffic hazard could be sinister
- Bow out of second-rate finale
- Become a crook?
- Arc
- Bow could be sinister
- Turn left for 18's work
- Turn
- South ___, Indiana (city near the University of Notre Dame)
- See 20
- Form a curve
- Give in a bit
- Turn of a river
- Metal curve
- Don't stand firm
- Turn down steel?
- Display flexibility
- Fold up
- Loop
- Genuflect, e.g.
- River curve
- Feature of a meandering river
- Make something curve
- Distort, as rules
- Turn in a road
- Oregon golfing mecca
- Unstraighten, as a wire
- What Parminder Nagra did to it like Beckham?
- Make a metal bar crooked
- Fold
- Finally give in after initial pushback
- Feature of a winding road
- Something you might do "over backward"
- With 2-Down, stoop down
- Do it to make a curvy spoon
- Warp, as a metal bar
- Deep-knee thing
- Dangerous part of a road on which to pass
- Fold or twist
- Reshape, as a pipe cleaner
- 36-Across, e.g.
- Curved part of a river
- Oregon city on the Deschutes River
- What one might do to the rules or the truth
- Big ___ National Park
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - August 11, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - July 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2026
- Daily American - May 10, 2026
- LA Times - March 26, 2026
- Daily American - February 11, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 19, 2026
- Daily American - January 13, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 05, 2026
- Daily American - December 27, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2025
- Daily American - December 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 18, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 21, 2025
- LA Times - August 24, 2025
- Daily American - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 30, 2025
- Daily American - June 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 22, 2025
- LA Times - April 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - March 14, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2025
- Daily American - January 05, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 30, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 07, 2024
- New York Times - September 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 31, 2024
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 07, 2024
- And in 337 more crossword puzzles...