ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bendy

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈbɛndi/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Bendy is an adjective meaning Having the ability to be bent easily.

Meaning

Having the ability to be bent easily.

More Meanings

  1. (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.
  2. Containing many bends and twists.
  3. (of a vehicle) Articulated.
  4. (UK, slang) A bendy bus.
  5. (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour.
  6. (heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

Example Sentences

a bendy road
Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.
The original escutcheon of the Norman family was a bendy of ten, argent and gules.
His arms as there displayed are emblazoned on a bendy field of his livery colours vert, argent and gules.

Word Forms

Synonyms for bendy

Depending on context, synonyms include flexible, pliable, supple, limber, lissom, lissome.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soft, malleable, workable, amorphous, bendable, bendsome.

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