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unbendable - 2 dictionary results

un⋅bend

  [uhn-bend] verb, -bent or (Archaic) -bend⋅ed, -bend⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1200–50; ME; see un- 2 , bend 1

Related forms:
un⋅bend⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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un·bend   (ŭn-běnd')   
v.   un·bent (-běnt'), un·bend·ing, un·bends

v.   tr.
  1. To release from mental tension, strain, or formality; relax.
  2. To release (a bow, for example) from flexure or tension.
  3. Nautical To untie or loosen (a rope or sail).
  4. To straighten (something crooked or bent): unbend a paper clip.
v.   intr.
  1. To become less tense; relax.
  2. To become less strict.
  3. To become straight.
un·bend'a·ble adj.
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