Bends of a ship definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bend Bend ... Med.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her ...
the bends definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bend Bend, n. [See Bend ... Med.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in her ...
... 1. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west. 2. To jut over; as a bending ... or to an anchor. [See To bend. No.8.] 2. Bends of a ship, are the thickest and strongest planks in ... bend, flex] [ant: straighten, unbend] 2: change direction; "The road bends" 3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or ... intr. move or stretch in a curved course (the road bends to the left). 3 intr. & tr. (often foll. by down ... Med.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. Bends of a ship, the thickest and strongest planks in ...
... wrinkle; to run in and out in little or short bends or turns; as, the lightning crinkles. CRINKLE, v.t. To ... 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to form many short bends or ripples b. wrinkle 2. to give forth a thin ... or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause ... or wind; to run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in waves; to wrinkle ...
... pay huge dividends" 2: a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over v 1: jump across; "He ... I. noun Date: 1599 a game in which one player bends down and is vaulted over by another player II. verb ... is a game which children play, in which a child bends over, while others jump over their back. 2. If one ...
... 3.0 (2005) n 1: a skeletal muscle whose contraction bends a joint [syn: flexor muscle, flexor] [ant: extensor, extensor muscle ... Reference Dictionary n. (in full flexor muscle) a muscle that bends part of the body (cf. EXTENSOR). Etymology: mod.L (as ... Dictionary Flexor Flex"or, n. [NL.] (Anat.) A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm ...
... involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous] 2: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full ... to twist Date: 15th century 1. marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns ; winding < a tortuous path > 2. a. marked by ... s Cobuild Dictionary 1. A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. The only road access is a tortuous mountain ...
... syn: decompression sickness, aeroembolism, air embolism, gas embolism, caisson disease, bends] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1941 a sometimes fatal disorder ... pressure after a stay in a compressed atmosphere — called also bends, caisson disease — compare aeroembolism Britannica Concise Harmful effects of rapid ... changes; in the joints, severe pain and restricted mobility (the bends); in the respiratory system, coughing and difficulty breathing. Severe cases ...
... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full ... twisty road, track, or river has a lot of sharp bends and corners. ADJ Moby Thesaurus ambagious, anfractuous, bendy, chevronwise, chevrony ...
... cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. Merriam Webster's adjective see gleam I Webster ... cast a gleamy ray, Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. --Pope.
... or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalities or sinuosities; to cause ... Crinkled Crin"kled (kr?n"k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. ``The crinkled lightning.'' --Lowell ...
... and rostrum, a beak.] A fowl whose beak or bill bends upwards, as the avoset. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Recurviroster Re ... cf. F. r['e]curvirostre.] (Zool.) A bird whose beak bends upward, as the avocet.
... runs due East toward the modern Jaffa Gate, and there bends South, being known in this upper part of its course ... this the valley--under the name of Wady er Rabadi--bends Southeast, then East, and finally Southeast again, until near Bir ...
... clasp knife, jackknife] 2: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out v 1: dive ... pocketknife 2. a dive executed headfirst in which the diver bends from the waist and touches the ankles while holding the ...