Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BEND, v.i.

1. To be crooked; to crook, or be curving. – Sandys.
2. To incline; to lean or turn; as, a road bends to the west.
3. To jut over; as, a bending cliff.
4. To resolve, or determine. [See Bent on.] – Dryden.
5. To bow or be submissive. – Is. lx.