Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In heraldry, divided into four or more diagonal parts in the direction of the bend: said of the field. This word is used, no matter how great the number of the divisions, as bendlety and cottisy, which would be the regular forms, are awkward in use.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having the ability to be bent easily.
- adj. informal Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily.
- adj. Containing many bends and twists.
- adj. Of a vehicle, articulated.
- adj. heraldry Divided into diagonal bands of colour
- n. heraldry A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Her.) Divided into an even number of bends; -- said of a shield or its charge.
Examples
“I've used the same set for the last dozen pairs of socks or so and they're still not bendy, which is very impressive compared to the bamboo needles I'd used.”
“After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "bendy"?”
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“I don't know if that is a word 'bendy' but that is what I was.”
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“(And probably whether the rumors are true that Gisele Bundchen is "bendy".)”
“Included are a black plastic logo stand to help keep him upright on the shelf (although, you probably won't need it), a pair of "bat cuffs," an extra pare of "bendy" hands that can be posed in various positions, various batarangs (including a larger folding one), and a grapple gun, of sorts, with an enclosed rope.”
“There's something wonderfully English about "bendy" busses.”
“He has broken taboos in public art and introduced long – "bendy" – high-capacity buses.”
“His banner was "bendy," and on one of the bends was the Emperor's arms; on another were the arms of the Sultan of Harapha, and on the other, those of the Sultan of Grand Cairo.”
“Need paper binder that uses the "bendy" metal strips that go thru the papers holes.”
“Lace the lower portion of the boot up to the "bendy" section of the ankle.”
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ruzuzu "In heraldry, divided into four or more diagonal parts in the direction of the bend: said of the field. This word is used, no matter how great the number of the divisions, as bendlety and cottisy, which would be the regular forms, are awkward in use." --Cent. Dict.
Aug 4, 2011