unbendable

[uhn-bend]

un·bend

[uhn-bend] verb, un·bent or (Archaic) un·bend·ed, un·bend·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to straighten from a bent form or position.
2.
to release from the strain of formality, intense effort, etc.; relax: to unbend one's mind.
3.
to release from tension, as a bow.
4.
Nautical.
a.
to loose or untie, as a sail or rope.
b.
to unfasten from spars or stays, as sails.
verb (used without object)
5.
to relax the strictness of formality or ceremony; act in an easy, genial manner: Imagine him unbending!
6.
to become unbent; straighten.

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Unbendable is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
1200–50; Middle English; see un-2, bend1

un·bend·a·ble, adjective
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unbend (ʌnˈbɛnd)
 
vb , -bends, -bending, -bent
1.  to release or be released from the restraints of formality and ceremony
2.  informal to relax (the mind) or (of the mind) to become relaxed
3.  to become or be made straightened out from an originally bent shape or position
4.  (tr) nautical
 a.  to remove (a sail) from a stay, mast, yard, etc
 b.  to untie (a rope, etc) or cast (a cable) loose
 
un'bendable
 
adj

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