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rebend

rebend verb: to bend again.

Verb

rebend (third-person singular simple present rebends, present participle rebending, simple past and past participle rebent)

  1. To bend again.
    • These hooks are made of soft metal, to be rebent after use; but the cod very often get away with them and are hooked again elsewhere; and that is one of the many reasons why the Gloucester boats despise the Frenchmen.1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

Forms of rebend

third-person singular presentrebends
present participlerebending
past participlerebent
pastrebent

Origin of rebend

From re- + bend.

Questions about rebend

What does rebend mean?
Rebend means to bend again.
What part of speech is rebend?
Rebend is a verb.
What is the past tense of rebend?
The past tense of rebend is rebent.

Words near rebend in the dictionary

  1. rebelsome
  2. rebenchmark
  3. rebenchmarked
  4. rebenchmarking
  5. rebenchmarks
  6. rebend
  7. rebending
  8. rebends
  9. rebenediction
  10. rebent
  11. Reber

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