Definition of "bends" []

• Plural form of bend. (noun)
• A condition of bubbles in the blood which sometimes occurs during ascent. (noun)
• The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bend. (verb)

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• "A flexible spring bends from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn to reveal the part of the Earth lit by the Sun and to indicate the time and place of sunrise and sunset."
• "One of my many lucrative pre-bends is as a Serial Killer Parole Judge for Ontario."
• "It wooshed past the house when most things go by at a snail's pace because the visibility around the blind bends is nil and there is nowhere to go but head on."