bending

1. 1.

   movement that causes the formation of a curve

   Synonymsbend

   Broadermovement

   Narrowerdeflection
2. 2.

   the property of being bent or deflected

   Synonymsdeflectiondeflexion

   Broaderphysical property

   Narrowerwindagerefractivity
3. 3.

   the act of bending something

   Broaderchange of shape

   Narrowerflexioncrouchhunchincurvation

Other forms of bending

plural

bendings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bending

What does bending mean?

bending means "movement that causes the formation of a curve". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bending?

bending has 2 syllables: ben-ding. The stress falls on "ben". In IPA it is /ˈbɛndɪŋ/.

What is another word for bending?

Close synonyms include bend, deflection, deflexion. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bending a common word?

bending is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bending?

1 word rhymes with bending. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.