bend | noun (n.) A turn or deflection from a straight line or from the proper direction or normal position; a curve; a crook; as, a slight bend of the body; a bend in a road. |
| noun (n.) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends. |
| noun (n.) A knot by which one rope is fastened to another or to an anchor, spar, or post. |
| noun (n.) The best quality of sole leather; a butt. See Butt. |
| noun (n.) Hard, indurated clay; bind. |
| noun (n.) same as caisson disease. Usually referred to as the bends. |
| noun (n.) A band. |
| noun (n.) One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base. |
| verb (v. t.) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee. |
| verb (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. |
| verb (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. |
| verb (v. i.) To be moved or strained out of a straight line; to crook or be curving; to bow. |
| verb (v. i.) To jut over; to overhang. |
| verb (v. i.) To be inclined; to be directed. |
| verb (v. i.) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. |
blend | noun (n.) A thorough mixture of one thing with another, as color, tint, etc., into another, so that it cannot be known where one ends or the other begins. |
| adjective (a.) To make blind, literally or figuratively; to dazzle; to deceive. |
| verb (v. t.) To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can not be distinguished. Hence: To confuse; to confound. |
| verb (v. t.) To pollute by mixture or association; to spoil or corrupt; to blot; to stain. |
| verb (v. i.) To mingle; to mix; to unite intimately; to pass or shade insensibly into each other, as colors. |
commend | noun (n.) Commendation; praise. |
| noun (n.) Compliments; greetings. |
| verb (v. t.) To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation. |
| verb (v. t.) To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention. |
| verb (v. t.) To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act. |
| verb (v. t.) To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will. |
end | noun (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part. |
| noun (n.) Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence. |
| noun (n.) Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction. |
| noun (n.) The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends. |
| noun (n.) That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends. |
| noun (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet. |
| verb (v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. |
| verb (v. t.) To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back. |
| verb (v. t.) To destroy; to put to death. |
| verb (v. i.) To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to cease; to terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends. |
friend | noun (n.) One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate associate; sometimes, an attendant. |
| noun (n.) One not inimical or hostile; one not a foe or enemy; also, one of the same nation, party, kin, etc., whose friendly feelings may be assumed. The word is some times used as a term of friendly address. |
| noun (n.) One who looks propitiously on a cause, an institution, a project, and the like; a favorer; a promoter; as, a friend to commerce, to poetry, to an institution. |
| noun (n.) One of a religious sect characterized by disuse of outward rites and an ordained ministry, by simplicity of dress and speech, and esp. by opposition to war and a desire to live at peace with all men. They are popularly called Quakers. |
| noun (n.) A paramour of either sex. |
| verb (v. t.) To act as the friend of; to favor; to countenance; to befriend. |
legend | noun (n.) That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses. |
| noun (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature. |
| noun (n.) Any wonderful story coming down from the past, but not verifiable by historical record; a myth; a fable. |
| noun (n.) An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. |
| verb (v. t.) To tell or narrate, as a legend. |
send | noun (n.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger. |
| verb (v. t.) To give motion to; to cause to be borne or carried; to procure the going, transmission, or delivery of; as, to send a message. |
| verb (v. t.) To emit; to impel; to cast; to throw; to hurl; as, to send a ball, an arrow, or the like. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to be or to happen; to bestow; to inflict; to grant; -- sometimes followed by a dependent proposition. |
| verb (v. i.) To dispatch an agent or messenger to convey a message, or to do an errand. |
| verb (v. i.) To pitch; as, the ship sends forward so violently as to endanger her masts. |
suspend | noun (n.) To attach to something above; to hang; as, to suspend a ball by a thread; to suspend a needle by a loadstone. |
| noun (n.) To make to depend; as, God hath suspended the promise of eternal life on the condition of obedience and holiness of life. |
| noun (n.) To cause to cease for a time; to hinder from proceeding; to interrupt; to delay; to stay. |
| noun (n.) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state; as, to suspend one's judgment or opinion. |
| noun (n.) To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.; as, to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club. |
| noun (n.) To cause to cease for a time from operation or effect; as, to suspend the habeas corpus act; to suspend the rules of a legislative body. |
| noun (n.) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action. |
| verb (v. i.) To cease from operation or activity; esp., to stop payment, or be unable to meet obligations or engagements (said of a commercial firm or a bank). |
tend | adjective (a.) To move in a certain direction; -- usually with to or towards. |
| adjective (a.) To be directed, as to any end, object, or purpose; to aim; to have or give a leaning; to exert activity or influence; to serve as a means; to contribute; as, our petitions, if granted, might tend to our destruction. |
| verb (v. t.) To make a tender of; to offer or tender. |
| verb (v. t.) To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard; as, shepherds tend their flocks. |
| verb (v. t.) To be attentive to; to note carefully; to attend to. |
| verb (v. i.) To wait, as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend; -- with on or upon. |
| verb (v. i.) To await; to expect. |