THESAURUS
bend
L, S-curve, aberrancy, aberration, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, achievement, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affect, agree with, aim, aim at, alerion, angle, angle off, animal charge, annulet, apex, apply, arc, arch, argent, armorial bearings, armory, arms, assimilate to, azure, band, bandage, bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, be guided by, bear off, bearings, beat down, belt,
bend,
bend back,
bend sinister,
bend the knee,
bend the neck,
bend to, bending, bending the knee, bent, bias, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, billet, bind, bind up, blazon, blazonry, bob, bob a curtsy, bob down, bordure, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow the head, bow to, bowing, bowing and scraping, brace, branch, branch off, branching off, break, break down, bring low, bring to terms, broad arrow, buckle, buckle down, bundle, cadency mark, cant, canton, cave, chain, change the bearing, channel, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, chime in with, cinch, circuitousness, coat of arms, cockatrice, coin, collapse, color, comply, comply with, compose, conduce, conflexure, conform, conquer, contort, contribute, corner, coronet, correct, correspond, cower, crank, crescent, crest, cringe, cringe to, crook, cross, cross moline, crotchet, crouch, crouch before, crown, crumple, crush, curl, curtsy, curvation, curvature, curve, declination, decurve, deflect, deflection, depart from, departure, determine, detour, deviance, deviancy, deviate, deviation, device, deviousness, devote, diagonal, difference, differencing, diffract, diffuse, digress, digression, dipping the colors, direct, directionize, discipline, discursion, disperse, dispose, distort, divagate, divagation, divaricate, divarication, diverge, divergence, diversion, divert, do homage, do obeisance, do up, dogleg, dome, double, drift, drifting, duck, eagle, elbow, ell, embow, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois, errantry, escutcheon, excursion, excursus, exorbitation, falcon, fall down before, fall in with, fell, fess, fess point, field, file, fit, fix, fix on, flanch, flatten, flection, fleur-de-lis, flex, flexure, focus, fold up, follow, fork, fret, fur, furcate, furcation, fusil, garland, geanticline, gear to, genuflect, genuflection, geosyncline, get down, gird, girdle, girt, girth, give, give way, gnarl, go, go by, griffin, grovel, gules, gyron, hairpin, hairpin turn, harmonize, hatchment, have a tendency, head, heel, helmet, heraldic device, hold on, homage, honor point, hook, humble, humiliate, hump, hunch, hunch down, impalement, impaling, inclination, incline, incurvate, incurve, indirection, induce, inescutcheon, inflect, inflection, influence, jaundice, knee, kneel, kneel to, kneeling, knot, knuckle to, kowtow, label, lace, lash, lead, lean, leash, level at, lion, look to, loop, lozenge, lurch, make a leg, make a reverence, make conform, make obeisance, making a leg, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle, master, meander, meet, metal, mold, motto, move, mullet, nod, nombril point, nook, obeisance, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, obliquity, obsequiousness, observe, octofoil, or, ordinary, orle, overmaster, override, overwhelm, oxbow, pale, paly, pean, pererration, persuade, pheon, point, point at, point to, predispose, prejudice, prejudice against, prejudice the issue, prepossess, present, presenting arms, prompt, prostrate, prostration, pull, purpure, put down, quarter, quartering, quell, quoin, rambling, reconcile, rectify, recurve, redound to, reduce, reflect, reflection, reflex, refract, relax, relent, retroflex, reverence, rhomboid, ride down, rope, rose, round, rub off corners, sable, sag, salaam, saltire, salutation, salute, scatter, scrape, scratch comma, screw, scrouch down, scutcheon, separatrix, serve, servility, set, set toward, settle, shape, sheer, shield, shift, shifting, shifting course, shifting path, show a tendency, sight on, skew, slant, slash, slue, smash, soften up, solidus, splice, spread eagle, spring, squat, standing at attention, steer, stoop, straighten, strap, straying, subdue, subjugate, submission, submissiveness, submit, subordinary, suit, supination, suppress, swaddle, swag, swathe, sway, sweep, swerve, swerving, swinging, tack, tally with, tend, tenne, throw, tie, tie up, tincture, tinge, tone, torse, train, train upon, trample down, trample underfoot, transverse, tread underfoot, trend, tressure, truckle to, truss, turn, turn aside, turn awry, turn upon, turning, twist, tyrannize, unbend, unicorn, unman, vair, vanquish, variation, vary, vault, veer, verge, vert, vertex, virgule, wallow, wandering, warp, wear down, weigh with, welter, wind, wire, work, work toward, wrap, wrap up, wreath, wrench, wrest, wring, writhe, yale, yaw, yield, zag, zig, zigzag
ROGET THESAURUS
bend
Submission
VB
succumb, submit, yeild,
bend, resign, defer to, lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms, lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors, surrender, surrender at discretion, cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat, draw in one's horns, give way, give round, give in, give up, cave in, suffer judgment by default,
bend,
bend to one's yoke,
bend before the storm, reel back,
bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under, knock under, eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie, bite the dust, lick the dust, be at one's feet, fall at one's feet, craven, crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of, swallow the leek, swallow the pill, kiss the rod, turn the other cheek, avaler les couleuvres, gulp down, obey, kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to,
bend the neck,
bend the knee, kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, pocket the affront, make the best of, make a virtue of necessity, grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself, submit with a good grace,
succumb, submit, yeild,
bend, resign, defer to, lay down one's arms, deliver up one's arms, lower colors, haul down colors, strike one's flag, strike colors, surrender, surrender at discretion, cede, capitulate, come to terms, retreat, beat a retreat, draw in one's horns, give way, give round, give in, give up, cave in, suffer judgment by default,
bend,
bend to one's yoke,
bend before the storm, reel back,
bend down, knuckle down, knuckle to, knuckle under, knock under, eat dirt, eat the leek, eat humble pie, bite the dust, lick the dust, be at one's feet, fall at one's feet, craven, crouch before, throw oneself at the feet of, swallow the leek, swallow the pill, kiss the rod, turn the other cheek, avaler les couleuvres, gulp down, obey, kneel to, bow to, pay homage to, cringe to, truckle to,
bend the neck,
bend the knee, kneel, fall on one's knees, bow submission, courtesy, curtsy, kowtow, pocket the affront, make the best of, make a virtue of necessity, grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself, submit with a good grace.
Obliquity
N
obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness, slopeness, leaning, bevel, tilt, bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch, distortion,
bend, tower of Pisa, acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd, rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity, gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent, shelving beach, talus, monagne Russe, facilis descensus averni.
Angularity
N
angularity, angularness, aduncity, angle, cusp,
bend, fold, notch, fork, bifurcation, elbow, knee, knuckle, ankle, groin, crotch, crutch, crane, fluke, scythe, sickle, zigzag, kimbo, akimbo, corner, nook, recess, niche, oriel, coign, right angle, obliquity, angle of 45 degrees, miter, acute angle, obtuse angle, salient angle, reentering angle, spherical angle, angular measurement, angular elevation, angular distance, angular velocity, trigonometry, goniometry, altimetry, clinometer, graphometer, goniometer, theodolite, sextant, quadrant, dichotomy, triangle, trigon, wedge, rectangle, square, lozenge, diamond, rhomb, rhombus, quadrangle, quadrilateral, parallelogram, quadrature, polygon, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon, oxygon, decagon, pyramid, cone, Platonic bodies, cube, rhomboid, tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron, prism, pyramid, parallelopiped, curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, angular, bent, crooked, aduncous, uncinated, aquiline, jagged, serrated, falciform, falcated, furcated, forked, bifurcate, zigzag, furcular, hooked, dovetailed, knock kneed, crinkled, akimbo, kimbo, geniculated, oblique, fusiform, wedge-shaped, cuneiform, cuneate, multangular, oxygonal, triangular, trigonal, trilateral, quadrangular, quadrilateral, foursquare, rectangular, square, multilateral, polygonal, cubical, rhomboid, rhomboidal, pyramidal.
VB
bend, fork, bifurcate, crinkle.
Curvature
N
curvature, curvity, curvation, incurvature, incurvity, incurvation,
bend, flexure, flexion, flection, conflexure, crook, hook, bought, bending, deflection, deflexion, inflection, inflexion, concameration, arcuation, devexity, turn, deviation, detour, sweep, curl, curling, bough, recurvity, recurvation, sinuosity, kink, carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck, parabola, hyperbola, helix, spiral, catenary, festoon, conchoid, cardioid, caustic, tracery, arched ceiling, arched roof, bay window, bow window, sine curve, spline, spline curve, spline function, obliquity, curved, curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear, devex, devious, recurved, recurvous, crump, bowed, vaulted, hooked, falciform, falcated, semicircular, crescentic, sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid, luniform, lunular, semilunar, conchoidal, helical, double helical, spiral, kinky, cordiform, cordated, cardioid, heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped, kidney-shaped, reniform, lentiform, lenticular, bow-legged, oblique, circular, aduncated, arclike, arcuate, arched, beaked, bicorn, bicornuous, bicornute, clypeate, clypeiform, cymbiform, embowed, galeiform, hamate, hamiform, hamous, hooked, linguiform, lingulate, lobiform, lunate, navicular, peltate, remiform, rhamphoid, rostrate, rostriferous, rostroid, scutate, scaphoid, uncate, unguiculate, unguiform.
VB
be curved curve, sweep, sway, swag, sag, deviate, curl, turn, reenter, render curved, flex,
bend, curve, incurvate, inflect, deflect, scatter, refract (light), crook, turn, round, arch, arcuate, arch over, concamerate, bow, curl, recurve, frizzle, rotundity, convexity.
Direction
VB
direct, manage, govern, conduct, order, prescribe, cut out work for, bead, lead, lead the way, show the way, take the lead, lead on, regulate, guide, steer, pilot, tackle, take the helm, be at the helm, have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins, drive, tool, superintend, supervise, overlook, control, keep in order, look after, see to, legislate for, administer, ministrate, matronize, have the care of, have the charge of, be in charge of, have charge of, take the direction, boss, boss one around, pull the strings, pull the wires, rule, have the direction, hold office, hold the portfolio, preside, preside at the board, take the chair, occupy the chair, be in the chair, pull the stroke oar, tend towards,
bend towards, point towards, conduct to, go to, point to, point at,
bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine, steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards, aim at, level at, take aim, keep a course, hold a course, be bound for,
bend one's steps towards, direct one's course, steer one's course,
bend one's course, shape one's course, align one's march, allign one's march, to straight, go straight to the point, march on, march on a point, ascertain one's direction, s'orienter, see which way the wind blows, box the compass, take the air line.
Deviation
VB
alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend,
bend, curve, swerve, heel, bear off, gybe, wear, intervert, deflect, divert, divert from its course, put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp, stray, straggle, sidle, diverge, tralineate, digress, wander, wind, twist, meander, veer, tack, divagate, sidetrack, turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from, wheel, steer clear of, ramble, rove, drift, go astray, go adrift, yaw, dodge, step aside, ease off, make way for, shy, fly off at a tangent, glance off, wheel about, face about, turn to the right about, face to the right about, waddle, go out of one's way, lose one's way.
Depression
VB
depress, lower, let down, take down, let down a peg, take down a peg, cast, let drop, let fall, sink, debase, bring low, abase, reduce, detrude, pitch, precipitate, overthrow, overturn, overset, upset, subvert, prostate, level, fell, cast down, take down, throw down, fling down, dash down, pull down, cut down, knock down, hew down, raze, raze to the ground, rase to the ground, trample in the dust, pull about one's ears, sit, sit down, couch, squat, crouch, stoop,
bend, bow, courtesy, curtsy, bob, duck, dip, kneel,
bend the knee, bow the knee,
bend the head, bow the head, cower, recline.
Circuition
VB
turn,
bend, wheel, go about, put about, heel, go round to the right about, turn round to the right about, turn on one's heel, make a circle, make a complete circle, describe a circle, describe a complete circle, go through 180 degrees, go through 360 degrees, pass through 180 degrees, pass through 360 degrees, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circumvent, put a girdle round about the earth, go the round, make the round of, wind, circulate, meander, whisk, twirl, twist, make a detour.
Softness
VB
render soft, soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper, mash, knead, squash,
bend, yield, relent, relax, give, plasticize'.