n. 25B6; verb
the frames can be bent to fit your face : CURVE, crook, flex, angle, hook, bow, arch, buckle, warp, contort, distort, deform.
the highway bent to the left : TURN, curve, incline, swing, veer, deviate, diverge, fork, change course, curl, loop.
he bent down to tie his shoe : STOOP, bow, crouch, hunch, lean down/over.
they want to bend me to their will : MOULD, shape, manipulate, direct, force, press, influence, incline, sway.
he bent his mind to the question : DIRECT, turn, train, steer, set.
straighten.
25B6; noun he came to a bend in the road : CURVE, turn, corner, kink, angle, arc, crescent, twist, crook, deviation, deflection, loop; dogleg, oxbow, zigzag; Brit. hairpin bend, hairpin turn, hairpin; rare incurvation.
straight.
25A0; bend over backwards (informal) TRY ONE'S HARDEST, do one's best, do one's utmost, do all one can, give one's all, make every effort; informal do one's damnedest, go all out, pull out all the stops, bust a gut, move heaven and earth.