Bending and Round

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Bending noun - Movement that causes the formation of a curve.

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Round and bending are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Round" instead a noun "Bending".

Nearby Words: bend, bender, bendy, bended

Round noun - A circular strip.

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Bending and round are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bending" instead a noun "Round".

Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

Davy Jones does this, even going so far as to disarm Will in At World's End after he stabs Davy with a rapier, by reaching round and bending the point of the rapier so it couldn't be drawn out of his body.

Source: No Sell
He came round behind her, so that she could not see his looks, and, bending back her gray, stony face, he kissed it, murmuring: "No one loves me,—no one cares for me, but you, mother." He turned away and stood leaning his head against the mantelpiece, tears forcing themselves into his manly eyes.

Source: Manly Tears

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