bend over

English

Verb

bend over (third-person singular simple present bends over, present participle bending over, simple past and past participle bent over)

To bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.

Synonyms

stoop

Derived terms

bend over backwards

Translations

to bend one's upper body forward

Azerbaijani: əyilmək (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 俯身 (zh) (fǔshēn)
Dutch: bukken (nl)
Esperanto: kliniĝi
Finnish: kumartua (fi)
French: se pencher (fr), se replier (fr)

German: sich bücken (de)
Hungarian: lehajol (hu), előrehajol (hu)
Japanese: 身を屈める (みをかがめる, mi o kagameru)
Russian: наклоня́ться (ru) impf (naklonjátʹsja), наклони́ться (ru) pf (naklonítʹsja), нагиба́ться (ru) impf (nagibátʹsja), нагну́ться (ru) pf (nagnútʹsja)
Spanish: agacharse (es)
Turkish: eğilmek (tr)

Anagrams

overbend

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