adj
Meaning 1
Having the ability to be bent easily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
bendy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɛndi/
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pin-pen-merger: /ˈbɪndi/
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homophone: bindi
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rhymes with -ɛndi
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CMU ARPABET: B EH1 N D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adj
Meaning 3
Containing many bends and twists.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a bendy road
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adj
Meaning 4
Articulated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 5
Divided into diagonal bands of colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
Meaning 6
A bendy bus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 7
A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
Meaning 8
Obsolete form of bhindi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhendh-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bendy From bend + -y.
From Middle English bendee, from Old French bendé (past participle).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: ohebný — Having the ability to be bent easily
- Finnish: taipuisa — Having the ability to be bent easily
- German: biegsam — Having the ability to be bent easily
- Māori: pīngore — Having the ability to be bent easily
- Portuguese: flexível — Having the ability to be bent easily
- Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — Having the ability to be bent easily
- Czech: ohebný — Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily
- Finnish: notkea — Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily
- German: gelenkig — Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily
- Māori: moruki — Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily
- Finnish: mutkikas — Containing many bends and twists
- Finnish: mutkitteleva — Containing many bends and twists
- German: kurvenreich — Containing many bends and twists
- German: kurvig — Containing many bends and twists
- Scottish Gaelic: lùbach — Containing many bends and twists
- Czech: kloubový — Of a vehicle, articulated