What part of speech is bends?

Bends can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bends is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of bend (infinitive).
  • 2. bends is a noun, plural of bend.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does bends mean?

Definitions

Verb
bend - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
bend - change direction; "The road bends"
bend - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
bend - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
bend - turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
bend - bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"

Noun
bends - pain resulting from rapid change in pressure
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Examples of bends

#   Sentence  
1. noun Lead bends easily.
2. noun He's got the bends.
3. noun Divers who surface too quickly run the risk of contracting the bends.
4. noun Decompression sickness, or "the bends," is a buildup of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream and other areas of the body.
5. noun That's one of the many bends in this country road.
6. noun Do you see those two bends?
7. noun Can you see the two bends?
8. noun A bend in the road.
9. noun A bend of his elbow.
10. noun Better bend than break.
11. noun The mod wheel is broken on this synthesizer, but the pitch bend still works.
12. noun Witnesses told police that the train was travelling way over the speed limit when it derailed going around a bend.
13. noun A motorcyclist came to grief when he failed to take a sweeping bend in the road.
14. noun I had made up my mind that if you didn't come for me to-night I'd go down the track to that big wild cherry-tree at the bend, and climb up into it to stay all night.
15. noun When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.
16. verb The river bends slightly to the right here.
17. verb Bamboo bends before the wind.
18. verb The road bends sharply to the right at this point.
19. verb He bends everybody to his will.
20. verb The worm bends.
21. verb That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?
22. verb Tom bends over backwards to please Mary.
23. verb Tom bends over backwards to make Mary happy.
24. verb The government bends the truth.
25. verb Near yonder narrow road stands an old knight's castle; thick ivy creeps over the old ruined walls, leaf over leaf, even to the balcony, in which stands a beautiful maiden. She bends over the balustrades, and looks up the road. No rose on its stem is fresher than she; no apple-blossom, wafted by the wind, floats more lightly than she moves. Her rich silk rustles as she bends over and exclaims, 'Will he not come?'
26. verb The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up.
27. verb The snow bends the trees.
28. verb The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
29. verb Here AEolus within a dungeon vast / the sounding tempest and the struggling blast / bends to his sway and bridles them with chains.
30. verb He bends over backwards to please her.
Sentence  
noun
Lead bends easily.
He's got the bends.
Divers who surface too quickly run the risk of contracting the bends.
Decompression sickness, or "the bends," is a buildup of nitrogen bubbles in the bloodstream and other areas of the body.
That's one of the many bends in this country road.
Do you see those two bends?
Can you see the two bends?
A bend in the road.
A bend of his elbow.
Better bend than break.
The mod wheel is broken on this synthesizer, but the pitch bend still works.
Witnesses told police that the train was travelling way over the speed limit when it derailed going around a bend.
A motorcyclist came to grief when he failed to take a sweeping bend in the road.
I had made up my mind that if you didn't come for me to-night I'd go down the track to that big wild cherry-tree at the bend, and climb up into it to stay all night.
When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does.
verb
The river bends slightly to the right here.
Bamboo bends before the wind.
The road bends sharply to the right at this point.
He bends everybody to his will.
The worm bends.
That exercise - backs together, link arms, one bends forwards while the other stretches their back - we did that a lot as children, didn't we?
Tom bends over backwards to please Mary.
Tom bends over backwards to make Mary happy.
The government bends the truth.
Near yonder narrow road stands an old knight's castle; thick ivy creeps over the old ruined walls, leaf over leaf, even to the balcony, in which stands a beautiful maiden. She bends over the balustrades, and looks up the road. No rose on its stem is fresher than she; no apple-blossom, wafted by the wind, floats more lightly than she moves. Her rich silk rustles as she bends over and exclaims, 'Will he not come?'
The superior man bends his attention to what is radical. That being established, all practical courses naturally grow up.
The snow bends the trees.
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.
Here AEolus within a dungeon vast / the sounding tempest and the struggling blast / bends to his sway and bridles them with chains.
He bends over backwards to please her.
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