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upbend

upbend verb: to bend upwards.

Verb

upbend (third-person singular simple present upbends, present participle upbending, simple past and past participle upbent)

  1. (ambitransitive) to bend upwards

Noun

upbend (plural upbends)

  1. An upward bend
    • In addition, for the first time both the upbend and the well known scissors resonance have been observed simultaneously for the same nucleus.2016, A. Simon, M. Guttormsen, A.C. Larsen, C.W. Beausang, P. Humby, J.T. Burke, R.J. Casperson, R.O. Hughes, T.J. Ross, J.M. Allmond, R. Chyzh, M. Dag, J. Koglin, E. McCleskey, M. McCleskey, S. Ota...

Forms of upbend

Verb
third-person singular presentupbends
present participleupbending
past participleupbent
pastupbent
Noun
pluralupbends

Origin of upbend

From Middle English upbenden, equivalent to up- + bend.

Questions about upbend

What does upbend mean?
Upbend means to bend upwards.
What part of speech is upbend?
Upbend can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of upbend?
The past tense of upbend is upbent.

Words near upbend in the dictionary

  1. upbeats
  2. upbelch
  3. upbelched
  4. upbelches
  5. upbelching
  6. upbend
  7. upbends
  8. upbid
  9. upbidded
  10. upbidding
  11. upbids

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