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napénjati to strain; to stretch; (lok) to bend; medicina to cause flatulence

napénjati oči to strain one's eyes
napénjati vse svoje sile to make every effort, to exert oneself to the utmost
to napenja medicina that causes flatulence
napénjati se (figurativno) to struggle, to endeavour, to exert oneself to the utmost, (pri delu) to overwork

napéti¹ (napnem) to strain; to stretch; to draw tight; to tighten up; to make tense; to brace; (lok) to bend, to draw; (nategniti) to tauten; (petelina pri puški) to cock; (žico) to string up

napéti ušesa to prick up one's ears
napéti vse sile to make every effort, to move heaven and earth

pregíbati to bend; to bow; to inflect; (v lok) to curve

pregíbati se to take (physical) exercise; to move

prikloníti se to make a bow; to make a curtsy; to bow; (skloniti se) to bend down

pripogníti to bend (down); to bow

pripogníti se to bend down
pripognjen bent

rída hairpin bend

kačje ríde succession of hairpin bends up a steep slope

skljúčiti to curve, to bend, to crook

skloníti to bow, to bend

skloníti se to bow down, to stoop
skloníti se k otroku to stoop down to a child

skrivénčiti to curve; to bend; to make crooked

skrivíti to bend, to curve; to crook; figurativno to distort, to deform; (les itd.) to warp

vročina je skrivíla platnice knjige the heat has warped the covers of the book
skrivíti se to warp
les se je pri sušenju skrivíl the wood has warped in drying
niso mu lasú skrivíili not a hair of his head has been touched (ali hurt)
on ne bi lasú nikomur skrivíil (figurativno) he wouldn't hurt a fly

ukloníti to bend, to submit

ukloníti se to submit (oneself), to bend
uklonil se je zakonu he submitted to the law
nimam druge izbire, kot da se uklonim I have no choice but to submit
ukloníti se odločitvi to submit to a decision
ukloníti koga (pogovorno) to bring someone to heel

ukrivíti (se) to curve, to bend; to crook

ulékniti (se) to bend; to sag

upogíbati to bend; to curve; to bow

zakríviti to bend, to curve, to crook; (figurativno, biti kriv česa) to be guilty, to render oneself culpable, to be the cause of something

zakríviti zločin to commit (ali to perpetrate) a crime
kdo je to zakrivil? whose fault is it?

zvéžiti to distort; to bend; to deform

zvéžiti se (les) to warp

zvíjati to fold, to roll; to twine, to twist; to curve, to bend, to crook; to distort

zvíjati odejo, preprogo to roll a blanket, a carpet
zvíjati se to wind, to curve, to twist; (črv) to squirm; to wriggle; (les) to warp
zvíjati se od bolečin to writhe with pain
zvíjati se skozi goščavo to wriggle one's way through a thicket
kača se zvija (okoli svoje žrtve) the serpent coils itself (round its victim)

zvíti to fold, to roll; to furl; (skriviti) to curve, to bend, to crook, to contort

zvíti odejo (preprogo) to roll up a blanket (a carpet)
zvíti si cigareto to roll a cigarette
zvíti (svoj) dežnik to fold one's umbrella
zvíti jadra to furl the sails
nogo si je zvil he wrenched his foot, he twisted his foot
zvíti si gleženj to wrench (ali to twist) one's ankle
zvíti se od bolečine to writhe in pain
zvíti se skozi goščavo to wriggle one's way through a thicket
vročina je zvila knjigi platnice the heat has warped the cover of the book
jež se je zvil v klobčič the hedgehog rolled itself into a ball

bent¹ [bent]

1. preteklik & pretekli deležnik od bend

2. pridevnik
upognjen, skrivljen

as the twing is bent the tree is inclined kar se Janezek nauči, to Janezek zna
to be bent on imeti nagnjenje k čemu, nameravati kaj

bóčiti (se) to vault

bočiti to arch, to bend