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For the verb: "to bend"
Simple Past: bent
Past Participle: bent

Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.bend /bend/
  1. n. (in road) curva f.;
    (in pipe) piegatura f.;
    (in river) ansa f.;
    (of elbow, knee) piega f.
  1. bends n.pl. See lexical note→ 11 med. + verbo sing. o pl. malattia f. dei cassoni
locuzioni idiomatiche to go (a)round the ~ uscire di testa;
to drive sb. (a)round the ~ fare uscire di testa qcn.
 2.bend /bend/
  1. tr. (pass., p.pass. bent)
    1. piegare [arm, leg, body, pipe, wire]
    1. (distort) distorcere [truth, facts];
      to ~ the rules fare uno strappo alla regola
    1. (direct) to ~ one’s attention to rivolgere l’attenzione a
  1. intr. (pass., p.pass. bent)
    1. (become curved) [road, path] girare, fare una curva;
      [river] (once) piegarsi;
      (several times) serpeggiare;
      [branch] piegarsi
    1. (stoop) [person] piegarsi;
      to ~ forward, backwards piegarsi in avanti, indietro
    1. (submit) to ~ to piegarsi a [person, will]
locuzioni idiomatiche to ~ over backwards for sb., to do farsi in quattro per qcn., per fare.

Phrasal verbs:
bend back: ~ back [person] piegarsi all’indietro; ~ [sth.] back, ~ back [sth.] (to original position) raddrizzare [book, pin];
(away from natural position) ripiegare [book, pin];
to ~ sth. back into shape raddrizzare qcs. bend down: ~ down [person] chinarsi; ~ [sth.] down, ~ down [sth.] piegare [branch];
abbassare [flap]. bend over: ~ over [person] chinarsi; ~ [sth.] over, ~ over [sth.] ripiegare.

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bend: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

bend (warp) piegarestorcere v
bend (twist)torcere v
bend (turn away)virare v
bend (deform)contorcere v
bend (bending)curvatura nf
bend (flex) piegareflettere v
bend (crease) piegagrinza nf
bend (curve)curva nf
bend general meaningcurvare v
bend (deflect)deviare v
bend (crook) curvasvolta nf
bend (turn) curvasvolta nf
bend (turn away)svoltare v
bend (crimp) curvaturapiega nf
bend (fold) piegaturapiega nf
bend (fold) curvarepiegare v
bendflettersi v
bend (elbow) stradagomito nm
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bend: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
bend backpiegarsi all'indietro
bend downvi (lean over)piegarsi⇒, inchinarsi⇒ vtr
The mother bent down to tie the child's shoe laces.
bend outfare una curva
bend outsporgere
bend overvi (stoop, incline one's body)piegarsi v rif
James dropped his pen, so he bent over to pick it up.
Si piegò da un lato per evitare di essere colpito.
bend overvtr (fold sth)piegare⇒ vtr
The strongman bent a metal bar over his head.
Piega e metti via la tovaglia quando hai finito di pulire
bend over backwardsfarsi in quattro
bend the kneepiegare il ginocchio
bend the truthv figurative (change or omit facts in an account) figuratodistorcere la realtà vtr
bend tocedere v
Do not bendexpr (instruction on envelope)non piegare
in bendin curva
slight bendleggera curva
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Forum discussions with the word(s) 'bend' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'bend':
anchor bend
below the waterline in the U bend
Bend down and pick it up now
Bend forward
Bend her over a barrel
Bend it like Beckham
bend line
bend oneself to sth
bend someone's ear
Bend Tolerance
Bend your knees
bleed bend
Do not bend
Double figure-of-eight bend (knot)
drive someone round the bend
Harsh bend of spines
how the notes all bend
I Moved to South Bend
if you bend it, you mend it
Photographs enclosed - Do Not Bend
please do not bend
The nail that doesn't bend gets hammered
to be bend out
to bend the rules
to bend the vine

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