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verb ADV. slightly | quickly, swiftly | backwards, forwards | down, over I bent down and tied my shoelace. | close, nearer Sarah bent close to him. | double I had to bend double to get under the table. PREP. at Avoid bending at the waist when lifting heavy objects. | towards He came closer and bent towards her., noun ADJ. gentle, slight, wide | hairpin, sharp, tight Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat. | dangerous | blind mountain roads with steep gradients and blind bends | left-hand, right-hand | final (= in a race) He had a winning lead off the final bend. QUANT. series a series of dangerous bends VERB + BEND come round, negotiate, round, take, turn He slowed down to negotiate the bend. PREP. around/round a/the ~ The car vanished round a bend. | into a/the ~ I inched the car into the bend. | off a/the ~ He came off the bend in the lead. | on a/the ~ Slow down on the tight bends. | ~ in a wide bend in the river
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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bend
adjectives
a sharp/tight bend
(= a curve that changes direction suddenly )
• That road sign means you are approaching a sharp bend.
a hairpin bend
(= a very sharp bend in which a road changes direction, usually on a mountain )
• The road wound up the mountain in a series of hairpin bends.
a slight/gentle/wide bend
(= that changes direction slightly or gradually )
• Ahead of us there was a wide bend in the river.
a blind bend
(= that you cannot see around when you are driving )
• Never overtake another car on a blind bend.
a left-hand/right-hand bend
(= going towards the left or the right )
• Take the turning just after the left-hand bend in the road.
verbs
come around/round the bend
• Suddenly a motorbike came around the bend at top speed.
round the bend
• He rounded the bend much too fast.
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