Meaning of "bend"

bend •

v.
• • 1. to bend down or forward, to stoop: yumuko, iyuko
  • 2. to bend something: magbaluktot, mabaluktot, ibaluktot, baluktutin, magbalikuko, mabalikuko, ibalikuko, balikukuin
  • 3. to curve or shape by curving: humubog, hubugin
  • 4. to bend or curve as a road: kumurba, lumiko

n.
• • a curve or turn: kurba, liko

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wind

v.
• • 1. to move this way and that, go in a crooked way, change direction, turn: magpaliku-liko, paliku-likuin
  • 2. to twist or turn around something: magpulupot, ipulupot (transitive verb), pumulupot (intransitive verb), puluputan, magpilipit, pumilipit, ipilipit, pilipitin, pilipitan
  • 3. to roll into a ball or on a spool, etc.: mag-ikid, ikirin, iikid, magkidkid, ikidkid, kidkirin, magbilibid, ibilibid, maglikaw, ilikaw
  • 4. to fold, wrap, or place about something: magbalot, mabalot, balutin, ibalot
  • 5. to fold the arms around something: yumakap, yakapin, iyakap
  • 6. to make a clock go by turning some part of it: magsusi, susian, magkuwerdas, kuwerdasan
  • 7. to wind up sometimes means to end, settle, conclude: magwakas, wakasan, tumapos, magtapos, tapusin

n.
• • 1. a bend, a turn: kurba, kurbada, liko
  • 2. a twist: pulupot, pilipit

n.
• • moving air: hangin

pliers

n.
• • a tool used to hold or bend things: bokay-pato, plais

sag

v.
• • 1. to droop, hand down unevenly: lumaylay, lumuyloy
  • 2. to sink under pressure or weight, bend down in the middle: lumundo
  • 3. to become less firm, to sink: lumubog, manghina, manamlay

curve

n.
• • a bend on a road: liko, kurba, kurbada

v.
• • to curve or turn slightly: lumiko nang bahagya

weigh

v.
• • 1. to find out how heavy a thing is: magtimbang, tumimbang, timbangin
  • 2. to have as a measure by weight: tumimbamg, magkatimbang
  • 3. to have importance: magkahalaga, mahalagahin, pahalagahan, maging mahalaga
  • 4. to bend by weight: mahutok, humutok
  • 5. to bear down, to be a burden: makabigat
  • 6. to consider carefully: magdilidili, pagdilidilihin, dilidilihin, magsaalang-alang, isaalang-alang

straight

adj.
• • 1. without bend or curve: tuwid, matuwid
  • 2. frank, honest upright: matwid, matuwid, tapat, matapat, tumpak, prangko-a adv. 1. directly: diretso, tuwiran, tuluy-tuloy
  • 2. frankly, honestly: matapat, tapatan
  • 3. in the proper condition or order: nang maayos

spring

v.
• • 1. to leap or jump, rise or move suddenly and lightly: lumukso, luksuhin, lumundag, lundagin
  • 2. to fly back or away: umigkas, magbalik, bumalik
  • 3. to come from a source, arise, grow: bumukal, magbuhat
  • 4. to bend: humutok, mahutok, hutukin
  • 5. to spring a leak, to crack and begin to let water through: tagasan

n.
• • 1. a leap or jump: lukso, lundag
  • 2. an elastic device that returns to its original shape after being pulled or held out of shape: paigkas, muwelye, kuwerdas
  • 3. the season after winter when the plants begin to grow: tagsibol
  • 4. a small stream of water coming from the earth: bukal, batis

lean

adj.
• • 1. thin: payat
  • 2. having little fat: di-mataba, payat, walang taba
  • 3. thin, slender: balingkinitan
  • 4. producing little: mahina, salat

v.
• • 1. to bend, not upright: humapay, kumiling, humilig
  • 2. to rest sloping or slanting, set or put in a leaning position: humilig, ihilig, sumandal, isandal
  • 3. to follow or depend on: sumunod, umasa, manangan, manghawak
  • 4. to trust: magtiwala, pagtiwalaan

fold

v.
• • 1. to bend or double over on itself: magtiklop, itiklop, tiklupin lupi, lupiin, maglupi, magtupi
  • 2. to fold ones arms: humalukipkip, maghalukipkip, ihalukipkip
  • 3. to close (as an umbrella): magsara, isara
  • 4. to wrap: magbalot, balutin

n.
• • 1. a layer of something folded: tiklop, lupi, tupi
  • 2. the pleats of a dress: pileges

duck

n.
• • 1. a swimming bird: pato, bibi, bibe, itik
  • 2. a sudden lowering of the head or bending of the body: biglang uko (yuko), biglang pag-uko
  • 3. a quick plunge under water: biglang lublob (lubog)

v.
• • 1. to lower the head or bend the body quickly to keep off a blow: yumukong (mayukuang) bigla
  • 2. to dodge: umilag, ilagan, umiwas, iwasan
  • 3. to plunge or dip the head or the whole body under water and come up quickly: maglubog (maglublob) na bigla ng ulo o katawan, ilubog na bigla ang ulo o katawan
  • 4. to dunk: magsawsaw, isawsaw, maglubog, ilubog

twist

v.
• • 1. to turn or cause to turn or wind: umikot, magpaikot, paikutin, pumihit, pihitin
  • 2. to wind together, to wind: magpili, pumili, pilihin, magpilipit, pumilipit, pilipitin
  • 3. to bend: magbalikuko, bumalikuko, balikukuin, ibalikuko, magbaluktot, bumaluktot, baluktutin, ibaluktot
  • 4. to curve, to bend: magpaliku-liko, lumiku-liko, paliku-likuin
  • 5. to force or to become out of shape or shape: magtabingi, tumabingi, patabingiin, magkatabi-tabingi
  • 6. to distort the meaning of: bumaluktot, baluktutin, bumaligtad, baligtarin, mag-uwi (iuwi) sa ibang bagay, mag-iba ng kahulugan, ibahin ang kahulugan
  • 7. to twist the foot or ankle: matapilok

n.
• • 1. a twisting: pagbaluktot, pagpilipit, pagbalikuko
  • 2. a thread, cord, or rope made of two or more strands twisted together: pili
  • 3. a being twisted: pagkabaluktot, pagkabalikuko, pagkapilipit two num/adj. the number equal to one plus one: dos, dalawa

hose

n.
• • 1. stockings: medyas
  • 2. a tube or rubber that will bend for carrying water: gomang pandilig, hos, bituka

lantik

n.
• • graceful bend or curve (of eyelashes, hips, etc.)

adj.
• • malantik (ma-) long, curved (eyelashes)

liko

v.
• • lumiko' (-um-) to turn, to curve, to bend. Lumiko ang kotse sa kanan. The car turned to the right. magliko',iliko' (mag-:i-) to turn something. Iliko mo ang kotse sa kaliwa. Turn the car to the left.