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inbend

inbend verb: to bend or curve inwards; inflect.

Verb

inbend (third-person singular simple present inbends, present participle inbending, simple past and past participle inbended or inbent)

  1. (ambitransitive) To bend or curve inwards; inflect.
    • In this case, the force is more generally applied over the skull causing the vault to inbend and fracture, while solid irregular struts such as the petrous bones will not fracture, [...]1981, W. Odling-Smee, Alan Crockard, Trauma care
    • At impact the skull decelerates first and begins to inbend, creating a positive force meeting the positive force of the forward-moving brain at the site of impact.1991, Hans O. Doerr, Albert S. Carlin, Forensic neuropsychology

Noun

inbend (plural inbends)

  1. That which is bent or curved inward.

Forms of inbend

Verb
third-person singular presentinbends
present participleinbending
past participleinbended
pastinbended
past participleinbent
pastinbent
Noun
pluralinbends

Origin of inbend

From in- + bend.

Words formed from inbend

Questions about inbend

What does inbend mean?
Inbend means to bend or curve inwards; inflect.
What part of speech is inbend?
Inbend can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of inbend?
The past tense of inbend is inbended.

Words near inbend in the dictionary

  1. inbeat
  2. inbeats
  3. inbeing
  4. inbeings
  5. inbelches
  6. inbend
  7. inbending
  8. inbends
  9. inbent
  10. inbetween
  11. inbetweener

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