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debends

debends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debend.

Meaning of debend

Verb

debend (third-person singular simple present debends, present participle debending, simple past and past participle debent)

  1. (rare, transitive) To unbend; to make or allow to become straight from a bent position.
    • Even a brain surgeon will have trouble removing an 8088 with such a puller without bending the pins a bit. However, they’re fairly malleable and they’ll submit to “debending” with needle-nose pliers a surprising number of times before snapping.1987 October, Kevin Strehlo, “Turbo Wars”, in Business Software, volume 5, number 10, →ISSN, page 42

Questions about debends

What is debends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Debends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of debend.

Words near debends in the dictionary

  1. deben
  2. debend
  3. debendification
  4. debending
  5. Debendra
  6. debends
  7. DeBenedictis
  8. Debenham
  9. Debenhams
  10. debens
  11. debenture

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