n.
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 : the act or process of bending : the state of being bent
2 : something that is bent: as a : a curved part of a path (as of a stream or road) b : 1 WALE 2 ― usually used in plural
3 plural but singular or plural in construction : the painful manifestations (as joint pain) of decompression sickness also : DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS ― usually used with the
– around the bend : MAD , CRAZY