Phrase guide

bend down

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue I muttered somethin' underneath my breath She studied the lines on my face I must admit I felt a little uneasy When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe Tangled up in blue.

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Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կռանալ (kṙanal) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Aromanian: mi aplec — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Azerbaijani: əyilmək — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Bulgarian: наве́ждам се (navéždam se) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Bulgarian: наведа́ се (navedá se) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Catalan: acotar — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 俯下 (fǔxià) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Chinese Mandarin: 彎腰 /弯腰 (wānyāo) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Dutch: bukken — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Esperanto: malleviĝi — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Esperanto: kliniĝi — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Esperanto: sin klini — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Finnish: kyykistyä — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • French: se baisser — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Galician: agochar — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Galician: agachar — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • German: sich bücken — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Hungarian: lehajol — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Japanese: 屈む (kagamu) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Old English: onhnīgan — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Portuguese: agachar-se — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Romanian: a se apleca — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Russian: нагиба́ться (nagibátʹsja) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Russian: нагну́ться (nagnútʹsja) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Spanish: agacharse — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Ukrainian: нахиля́тися (naxyljátysja) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • Ukrainian: нахили́тися (naxylýtysja) — to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position