bend (v)
flex (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 38
def form a curve
examples The stick does not bend
Frame - 1 Something ----s
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Outgoing links
Hypernym change shape, change form, deform
Derivationally related form flex → flexure
Derivationally related form flex → flexure
Derivationally related form bend → bendable; bend → bender; bend → bend
Derivationally related form bend → bend
Antonym bend → straighten
Hyponym crook, curve; arch, curve, arc; incurvate; retroflex, replicate; lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle; crouch, stoop, bend, bow; double over, double, double up; fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel; curl up, curl, draw in
Incoming links
Derivationally related form bendable → bend; bender → bend; bend → bend
Derivationally related form flexure → flex
Derivationally related form bend → bend
Derivationally related form flexure → flex
Hyponym change shape, change form, deform
Hypernym crook, curve; arch, curve, arc; incurvate; retroflex, replicate; lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle; crouch, stoop, bend, bow; double over, double, double up; fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel; curl up, curl, draw in
Entailment hunch, hump, hunch forward, hunch over
Antonym straighten → bend

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