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rebends

rebends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rebend.

Meaning of rebend

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

Questions about rebends

What is rebends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rebends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rebend.

Words near rebends in the dictionary

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

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