bend down

verb

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

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Meanings

verbbend down (third-person singular simple present bends down, present participle bending down, simple past and past participle bent down)

present singular third person bends down · participle present bending down · participle past bent down · past bent down

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

    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.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
stoop

Translations

Bulgarian наве́ждам се, наведа́ се
  • наве́ждам се (navéždam se)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • наведа́ се (navedá se)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Catalan acotar
  • acotarto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Chinese Mandarin 俯下, 彎腰 /弯腰
  • 俯下 (fǔxià)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • 彎腰 /弯腰 (wānyāo)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Dutch bukken
  • bukkento bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Esperanto malleviĝi, kliniĝi
  • malleviĝito bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • kliniĝito bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • sin klinito bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Finnish kyykistyä
  • kyykistyäto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
French se baisser
  • se baisserto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
German sich bücken
  • sich bückento bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Hungarian lehajol
  • lehajolto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Japanese 屈む
  • 屈む (kagamu)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Portuguese agachar-se
  • agachar-seto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Romanian a se apleca
  • a se aplecato bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Russian нагиба́ться, нагну́ться
  • нагиба́ться (nagibátʹsja)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • нагну́ться (nagnútʹsja)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Spanish agacharse
  • agacharseto bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Ukrainian нахиля́тися, нахили́тися
  • нахиля́тися (naxyljátysja)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
  • нахили́тися (naxylýtysja)to bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position
Cite this entry
APA

bend down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bend%20down

MLA

“bend down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bend%20down. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bend down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bend%20down.

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