Definition of "bending" []

• Present participle of bend. (verb)
• A motion or action that bends. (noun)

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• "Most of the movements which we call bending the spine are really movements of other joints which connect the body or head with it."
• "Scroll down the CNN Political Ticker articles and you'll read things like: So how would the Senate bill fare in bending the cost curve from the perspective of the federal budget?"
• "Genre-bending is tricky because you have to appeal not merely to readers that are fantasy fans or sci-fi fans, but readers that are both fantasy and sci-fi fans."