bends
See also: Bends
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛndz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛndz
Noun
bends
- plural of bend
Noun
bends pl (plural only)
- (nautical) The thickest and strongest planks in a wooden ship's side, wales.
- (underwater diving, pathology, usually with the) Synonym of decompression sickness.
Translations
nautical: thickest and strongest planks on the sides of a ship — see wales
Verb
bends
- third-person singular simple present indicative of bend
Anagrams
Old Norse
Participle
bends
- strong masculine/neuter genitive singular of bendr
Portuguese
Noun
bends
- plural of bend
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