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frontbend

/ˈfrʌntbɛnd/

frontbend noun: any pose with an unusual degree of backward bending at the waist and/or any portion of spine while standing, kneeling, resting on the floor, or while suspended.

Noun

frontbend (plural frontbends)

  1. Any pose with an unusual degree of backward bending at the waist and/or any portion of spine while standing, kneeling, resting on the floor, or while suspended.
    • Finish in kneel on right, left leg pointed front; sit back on right heel, frontbend—arms downward to low rear.1965, Gymnastics Guide (Sports library for girls and women), Division for Girls and Women's Sports, American Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation., page 92

Verb

frontbend (third-person singular simple present frontbends, present participle frontbending, simple past and past participle frontbended)

  1. To perfrom a frontbend.
    • They had extraordinary frontbending and backbending skills and could tuck their feet under their chins and waggle them – in triplicate!2013, Gruesome Facts: Factopedia, Igloo Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 222
    • The practice of contortion can be divided into three categories: backbending, frontbending and dislocation.2016, Louis Patrick Leroux, Charles R. Batson, Cirque Global: Quebec's Expanding Circus Boundaries, McGill-Queen's Press, →ISBN, page 297

Forms of frontbend

Noun
pluralfrontbends
Verb
third-person singular presentfrontbends
present participlefrontbending
past participlefrontbended
pastfrontbended

Origin of frontbend

From front + bend.

Questions about frontbend

What does frontbend mean?
Frontbend means any pose with an unusual degree of backward bending at the waist and/or any portion of spine while standing, kneeling, resting on the floor, or while suspended.
What part of speech is frontbend?
Frontbend can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce frontbend?
Frontbend is pronounced /ˈfrʌntbɛnd/.
What is the plural of frontbend?
The plural of frontbend is frontbends.

Words near frontbend in the dictionary

  1. frontated
  2. frontbench
  3. frontbencher
  4. frontbenchers
  5. frontbenches
  6. frontbend
  7. frontbended
  8. frontbending
  9. frontbends
  10. frontbutt
  11. frontbutts

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