noun. The act of causing to bend, or the state of being bent or deflected; a deflection.

noun. Decoration (of clothes) with stripes or horizontal bands.

noun. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands.

verb. Present participle of bend.

noun. A motion or action that bends.

noun. the property of being bent or deflected

noun. movement that causes the formation of a curve

noun. the act of bending something

"Most of the movements which we call bending the spine are really movements of other joints which connect the body or head with it."

amending  apprehending  ascending  attending  befriending  

circumflexion  crooking  flection  flexure  genuflexion  

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