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
- (informal) Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.
- Containing many bends and twists.
- (of a vehicle) Articulated.
- (UK, slang) A bendy bus.
- (heraldry) Divided into diagonal bands of colour.
- (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
- bendier
- bendiest
- bendies
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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