Definitions for bends
bends

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bendsnoun

   pain resulting from rapid change in pressure

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. bendsnoun

   A condition of bubbles in the blood which sometimes occurs during ascent.

2. bendsnoun

   The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bends

   "The bends" is a colloquialism for decompression sickness.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bends

   Bends can refer to several different concepts depending on the context, but generally, it means to curve or twist something out of its original straight form. Bends can refer to a curve in a road, river, or path. In terms of physical objects, it means to force an object into a curved or angled shape. In a physiological context, "the bends" refer to a decompression sickness that affects scuba divers who ascend too quickly.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bends

   The thickest and strongest planks on the outward part of a ship's side, between the plank-streaks on which men set their feet in climbing up. They are more properly called wales, or wails. They are reckoned from the water, and are distinguished by the titles of first, second, or third bend. They are the chief strength of a ship's sides, and have the beams, knees, and foot-hooks bolted to them. Bends are also the frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the side, individualized by each particular station. That at the broadest part of the ship is denominated the midship-bend or dead-flat.

Matched Categories

1. • Illness

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

1. [["1590","2"],["1597","1"],["1623","2"],["1635","1"],["1638","2"],["1640","1"],["1642","1"],["1645","3"],["1647","2"],["1648","1"],["1650","1"],["1653","1"],["1655","1"],["1656","1"],["1661","1"],["1667","3"],["1668","3"],["1670","1"],["1673","3"],["1674","1"],["1676","2"],["1678","1"],["1679","1"],["1680","1"],["1681","6"],["1682","3"],["1683","8"],["1685","5"],["1688","2"],["1689","2"],["1691","1"],["1692","4"],["1693","1"],["1694","1"],["1695","3"],["1697","1"],["1698","7"],["1699","4"],["1700","6"],["1701","15"],["1702","3"],["1703","6"],["1704","14"],["1706","12"],["1707","10"],["1708","5"],["1709","10"],["1710","10"],["1712","1"],["1713","9"],["1714","9"],["1715","5"],["1716","9"],["1717","47"],["1718","19"],["1719","7"],["1720","26"],["1721","7"],["1722","35"],["1723","12"],["1724","11"],["1725","12"],["1726","9"],["1727","12"],["1728","16"],["1729","33"],["1730","25"],["1731","14"],["1732","14"],["1733","14"],["1734","6"],["1735","31"],["1736","24"],["1737","19"],["1738","18"],["1739","23"],["1740","54"],["1741","6"],["1742","34"],["1743","7"],["1744","20"],["1745","23"],["1746","13"],["1747","22"],["1748","51"],["1749","26"],["1750","87"],["1751","13"],["1752","27"],["1753","20"],["1754","79"],["1755","23"],["1756","19"],["1757","25"],["1758","11"],["1759","37"],["1760","55"],["1761","26"],["1762","38"],["1763","46"],["1764","33"],["1765","84"],["1766","67"],["1767","45"],["1768","35"],["1769","35"],["1770","60"],["1771","75"],["1772","46"],["1773","40"],["1774","34"],["1775","65"],["1776","203"],["1777","75"],["1778","54"],["1779","41"],["1780","114"],["1781","60"],["1782","44"],["1783","54"],["1784","71"],["1785","112"],["1786","43"],["1787","87"],["1788","139"],["1789","82"],["1790","64"],["1791","94"],["1792","110"],["1793","98"],["1794","117"],["1795","96"],["1796","210"],["1797","160"],["1798","164"],["1799","185"],["1800","245"],["1801","309"],["1802","336"],["1803","293"],["1804","294"],["1805","271"],["1806","336"],["1807","482"],["1808","358"],["1809","428"],["1810","351"],["1811","398"],["1812","492"],["1813","426"],["1814","483"],["1815","434"],["1816","427"],["1817","414"],["1818","501"],["1819","548"],["1820","457"],["1821","390"],["1822","846"],["1823","648"],["1824","722"],["1825","922"],["1826","603"],["1827","581"],["1828","678"],["1829","713"],["1830","755"],["1831","1022"],["1832","953"],["1833","768"],["1834","803"],["1835","852"],["1836","1045"],["1837","746"],["1838","874"],["1839","976"],["1840","830"],["1841","1171"],["1842","882"],["1843","850"],["1844","868"],["1845","1065"],["1846","1178"],["1847","1103"],["1848","1177"],["1849","1253"],["1850","1457"],["1851","1528"],["1852","1772"],["1853","1713"],["1854","1825"],["1855","1737"],["1856","1621"],["1857","1826"],["1858","1412"],["1859","1680"],["1860","1724"],["1861","1307"],["1862","1131"],["1863","1234"],["1864","1478"],["1865","1538"],["1866","1622"],["1867","1570"],["1868","1833"],["1869","2034"],["1870","1699"],["1871","1655"],["1872","1811"],["1873","1966"],["1874","1905"],["1875","2279"],["1876","2307"],["1877","1965"],["1878","2109"],["1879","2164"],["1880","2613"],["1881","2981"],["1882","2930"],["1883","2899"],["1884","2793"],["1885","3385"],["1886","2235"],["1887","2706"],["1888","2641"],["1889","2473"],["1890","2862"],["1891","3036"],["1892","3272"],["1893","3296"],["1894","3662"],["1895","3634"],["1896","3442"],["1897","3576"],["1898","3805"],["1899","4001"],["1900","4785"],["1901","4668"],["1902","4778"],["1903","4539"],["1904","4780"],["1905","4979"],["1906","4826"],["1907","5380"],["1908","4928"],["1909","5443"],["1910","4671"],["1911","4649"],["1912","5343"],["1913","5111"],["1914","5007"],["1915","3954"],["1916","4147"],["1917","3794"],["1918","3748"],["1919","3531"],["1920","4645"],["1921","4006"],["1922","4364"],["1923","3710"],["1924","3684"],["1925","3461"],["1926","3217"],["1927","3778"],["1928","3643"],["1929","3418"],["1930","3662"],["1931","3665"],["1932","3226"],["1933","3051"],["1934","2940"],["1935","3474"],["1936","3700"],["1937","3835"],["1938","3783"],["1939","3839"],["1940","3835"],["1941","4041"],["1942","4201"],["1943","4103"],["1944","3507"],["1945","2937"],["1946","3569"],["1947","4462"],["1948","4953"],["1949","5722"],["1950","5746"],["1951","4583"],["1952","5027"],["1953","4872"],["1954","5013"],["1955","5282"],["1956","4707"],["1957","5909"],["1958","5420"],["1959","5428"],["1960","6245"],["1961","6382"],["1962","7603"],["1963","7887"],["1964","7657"],["1965","8741"],["1966","9477"],["1967","8821"],["1968","9249"],["1969","10103"],["1970","9569"],["1971","9764"],["1972","10076"],["1973","9597"],["1974","9543"],["1975","9835"],["1976","9673"],["1977","12078"],["1978","10102"],["1979","10455"],["1980","10248"],["1981","10714"],["1982","11016"],["1983","11186"],["1984","12267"],["1985","12080"],["1986","12958"],["1987","13227"],["1988","13573"],["1989","14896"],["1990","16739"],["1991","14647"],["1992","16941"],["1993","16299"],["1994","17343"],["1995","18190"],["1996","18938"],["1997","19897"],["1998","20595"],["1999","22406"],["2000","25592"],["2001","25854"],["2002","28060"],["2003","31519"],["2004","35266"],["2005","32568"],["2006","34135"],["2007","35974"],["2008","49195"]]

How to pronounce bends?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say bends in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bends in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bends in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of bends in a Sentence

1. Michael Greenstone:

   I think the dam will break at some point, the arc of history bends towards truth.

2. Charles de LEUSSE:

   For him, she bends over backwards. It is origami of the heart. (Pour lui, elle se plie en quatre. - C'est l'origami du cœur)

3. Alberto Esquenazi:

   When you walk, your hip bends at about half of the range that your knee bends— people don’t realize that. Your hip works a lot less than your knee from the perspective of movement … because they’re carrying the whole load of the hip muscles, they have to work harder.

4. Thomas a Kempis:

   The good devout man first makes inner preparation for the actions he has later to perform. His outward actions do not draw him into lust and vice rather it is he who bends them into the shape of reason and right judgement. Who has a stiffer battle to fight than the man who is striving to conquer himself.

5. Premier Rachel Notley:

   Are we going to immediately get to the same standards that everyone else is at? Probably not, but what we need to do is put together a credible, science-based plan that will sustain the review of experts, that bends the curve and sets Alberta on the right path.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bends
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Bends
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bends
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=bends
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=bends