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Webster 1913 Edition


Bending

Bend′ing

,
Noun.
The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bending

BEND'ING

,
ppr.
Incurvating; forming into a curve; stooping subduing; turning as a road or river;inclining; leaning; applying closely, as the mind; fastening.

Definition 2024


bending

bending

See also: binding

English

Verb

bending

  1. present participle of bend

Noun

bending (plural bendings)

  1. A motion or action that bends.

Faroese

Etymology

benda + -ing

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛntɪŋk/
    Rhymes: -ɛntɪŋk

Noun

bending f (genitive singular bendingar, plural bendingar)

  1. inflection

Declension

f6 Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bending bendingin bendingar bendingarnar
Accusative bending bendingina bendingar bendingarnar
Dative bending bendingini bendingum bendingunum
Genitive bendingar bendingarinnar bendinga bendinganna

Derived terms