Bend
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ARC
Electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

BOW
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"

4 letters

TURN
Get by buying and selling; "the company turned a good profit after a year"

WARP
A twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

FLEX
The act of flexing; "he gave his biceps a flex to impress the ladies"

ARCH
(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

FOLD
The act of folding; "he gave the napkins a double fold"

KINK
An eccentric idea

5 letters

CRIMP
An angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"

ANEAR

CURVE
A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

STOOP
An inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward

ELBOW
A sharp bend in a road or river

CROOK
A long staff with one end being hook shaped

TWIST
Twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates; "wrench a window off its hinges"; "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"; "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

6 letters

CREASE
A Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

CORNER
An interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"

CROUCH
The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

BUCKLE
Fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong

DEFORM
Become misshapen; "The sidewalk deformed during the earthquake"

7 letters

DEFLECT
Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

CONTORT
Twist and press out of shape

FLEXURE
Act of bending a joint; especially a joint between the bones of a limb so that the angle between them is decreased

TURNING
Act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many turnings over the years"

DISTORT
Affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

BENDING
The act of bending something

INCLINE
An inclined surface connecting two levels

8 letters

TURNAWAY
Turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

9 letters

PLICATION
The act of folding in parallel folds

CURVATURE
The rate of change (at a point) of the angle between a curve and a tangent to the curve

10 letters

BENDDEXTER
Diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right corner to the lower left

COMPROMISE
A middle way between two extremes

11 letters

SOMEONESEAR