Bend and Contract

Bend

Bend verb - To cause to turn away from a straight line.

Contract and bend are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Contract" instead a verb "Bend".

Nearby Words: bent, bending, bender, bendy, bended

Contract

Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).

Bend and contract are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bend" instead a verb "Contract".

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

large large bend large contract
important important bend important contract
next next bend next contract

Common collocations

body bend body contract body

Both words in one sentence

  • Mistress and Servant Boy Played with since Tomoe is much older and more powerful than her, and not even human, Nanami can bend him to her will thanks to the familiar contract.
  • The band did, however, manage to bend the rules of their contract and released a split EP with F-Minus as "The Crack Rock Steady 7" working under aliases with additional musicians.
  • Executive Meddling: Both negative and positive examples in-universe: Negative (1): Chris ramps his abuse of his position as show host Up to Eleven and flagrantly tries to bend the rules in his own contract to give himself even more control.
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