¹ bend verb

• to use force to cause (something, such as a wire or pipe) to become curved
• to curve out of a straight line or position —sometimes used figuratively
• to move your body so that it is not straight

² bend noun

• a curved part of something
• the act or process of bending something
• a painful and dangerous condition caused by rising to the surface too quickly after being deep underwater —called also decompression sickness