Thesaurus
bend
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BEND
1
to cause to turn away from a straight line <she bent the blade of the knife when she got it jammed in the drawer>
2
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention <bent herself to the task for the rest of the day>
Related Words readdress, reapply; knuckle down, set (to), settle (down); busy, commit, concern, engage, involve; exert, exhaust, put out, spend, strain, stress, tax, trouble, wear out; carry on, pitch in, plunge (in); grind, hump, hustle, peg (away), plod, plow, plug (away), work
Near Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, fiddle (around), fool around, idle, mess around, monkey (around), play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle
3
to point or turn (something) toward a target or goal <bent all of his efforts toward making his first documentary film>
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to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of <attorneys bending the facts to put their client in the most favorable light>
Synonyms bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
Related Words misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate
6
to cause (something) to hold to another <bend a leash to the dog's collar>
Related Words adhere, bolt, cinch, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, glue, hang, harness, hasp, lace, lash, latch, nail, paste, pin, plaster, rivet, screw, shackle, staple, stick, strap, tack, tackle, tie, toggle, yoke; coapt, connect, join, link, unite; reaffix, reattach, refasten, refix, resecure; batten, belay, button, do up
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