[
  {
    "word": "bend",
    "phonetic": "/b\u025bnd/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/b\u025bnd/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/bend-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88681545",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A curve.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There's a sharp bend in the road ahead."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A diver who stays deep for too long must ascend very slowly in order to prevent the bends."
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Hard, indurated clay; bind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the midship bends"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Don\u2019t bend your knees."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To become curved.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Look at the trees bending in the wind."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause to change direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To change direction.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The road bends to the right"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To be inclined; to direct itself.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually with \"down\") To stoop.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He bent down to pick up the pieces."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To force to submit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "They bent me to their will."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To submit.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I am bending to my desire to eat junk food."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To apply to a task or purpose.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He bent the company's resources to gaining market share."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To apply oneself to a task or purpose.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He bent to the goal of gaining market share."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Bend the sail to the yard."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To smoothly change the pitch of a note.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To swing the body when rowing.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bend"
    ]
  }
]