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Webster 1913 Edition
Bendy
Ben′dy
,Adj.
[From
Bend
a band.] (Her.)
Divided into an even number of bends; – said of a shield or its charge.
Cussans.
Webster 1828 Edition
Bendy
BEND'Y
,Noun.
Definition 2024
bendy
bendy
English
Adjective
bendy (comparative bendier, superlative bendiest)
- Having the ability to be bent easily.
- Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
- (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
- 2010 September 1, Jackie K. Cooper, “Ashley Bell: The Last Exorcism Introduces the "Bendy" Girl”, in Huffington Post, retrieved 2013-05-09:
- When I was in the scene in the barn he encouraged me to do as many contortions as I could, and he seemed to like the fact I was so ''bendy.' … After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "bendy"?
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- Containing many bends and twists.
- a bendy road
- Of a vehicle, articulated.
- (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour
Synonyms
- (having the ability to be bent easily): flexible, pliable, supple
- (of a person): flexible, limber, lissom or lissome, lithe, supple
- (having many bends and twists): sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisty, winding, windy
- (articulated): articulated, jointed
Translations
Having the ability to be bent easily
Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily
Containing many bends and twists
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Of a vehicle, articulated
Derived terms
Noun
bendy (plural bendies)
- (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.