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in bend

in bend prepositional phrase: of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

in bend: of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base
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Prepositional phrase

  1. Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.

Questions about in bend

What does in bend mean?
In bend means of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
What part of speech is in bend?
In bend is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in bend in the dictionary

  1. in baulk
  2. in bed
  3. in bed with
  4. in before
  5. in behalf of
  6. in bend
  7. in benefit
  8. in berry
  9. in between
  10. in between jobs
  11. in between times

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