I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ gentle , slight , wide
▪ hairpin ( BrE ), sharp , tight
▪
Some of the hairpin ~s had Ruth clinging to her seat.
▪ dangerous
▪ blind ( BrE )
▪
mountain roads with steep gradients and blind ~s
▪ left-hand , right-hand
▪ final , last , opening (= in a race)
▪
He had a winning lead off the final ~.
… OF BENDS
▪ series
▪
a series of dangerous ~s
VERB + BEND
▪ come around , come round ( esp. BrE ), negotiate , round , take , turn
▪
He slowed down to negotiate the ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ around a/the ~ , round a/the ~ ( esp. BrE )
▪
The car vanished around a ~.
▪ into a/the ~
▪
I inched the car into the ~.
▪ off a/the ~
▪
He came off the ~ in the lead.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
Slow down on the tight ~s.
▪ ~ in
▪
a wide ~ in the river
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ slightly
▪ quickly , swiftly
▪ slowly
▪ back , backwards/backward , forward
▪ down , over
▪
I bent down and tied my shoelace.
▪ close , nearer
▪
Sarah bent close to him.
▪ double
▪
I had to ~ double to get under the table.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Avoid ~ing at the waist when lifting heavy objects.
▪ towards/toward
▪
He came closer and bent towards/toward her.
Bend is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arm , ↑ gravity , ↑ leg , ↑ road , ↑ street
Bend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ arm , ↑ back , ↑ elbow , ↑ head , ↑ knee , ↑ leg , ↑ ray , ↑ rule , ↑ spine , ↑ truth , ↑ wire , ↑ wrist