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bend¹ [bend]

1. prehodni glagol
upogniti, upogibati; (s)kriviti, zaviti
navtika (pri)vezati, pritrditi (to kam)
usmerjati, usmeriti; napeti (lok); skloniti
figurativno podrediti, podvreči, spraviti pod svojo oblast

2. neprehodni glagol
skloniti, sklanjati se; upogniti, upogibati se; vdati, ukloniti se

figurativno to bend one's steps usmeriti se
to bend one's knee poklekniti
to bend the brow mrščiti čelo

bend² [bend] samostalnik
pregib; zavoj, ovinek
tehnično koleno
navtika vozel; prečna črta na grbu; goveje usnje za podplate

get a bend on you! podvizaj(te) se!
bend sinister prečna črta na grbu (kot znak nezakonskega rojstva)
on the bend nepošteno
to go on the bend krokati, pijančevati

bend [ê] moški spol (-a …) glasba die Band

bȅnd m (angl. band) band, manjši instrumentalni sestav za izvajanje plesne glasbe

bend-leather [béndleðə] samostalnik
usnje za podplate, podplatovina

carrick bend [kǽrikbend] samostalnik
vrsta mornarskega vozla

half-bend [há:fbend] samostalnik
šport predklon

pipe-bend [páipbend] samostalnik
tehnično koleno cevi

Band⁴, die, (-, -s) bend

koléno anatomija knee; (reke, ceste, poti) bend; tehnika angle; vojska salient; (rod, poreklo) descent, origin, generation, stock, lineage, family, race, birth, house

do kolen knee-deep, knee-high
do kolen globoko v knee-deep in
klečé na kolénih on bended knees
bratranec v prvem (drugem) kolénu cousin once (twice) removed
hlače do kolén kneebreeches pl
nogavice do kolén knee-length stockings pl
pregibanje koléna genuflection
vnetje koléna gonitis
zaščitni ovoj za koléno kneecap, kneepad, knee-guard
šibak v kolénih weak-kneed
biti na kolénih to be on one's knees
odrgniti si koléna to graze (ali to skin) one's knees
na kolénih prositi za kaj to beg for something on one's bended knees
prositi koga na kolénih to implore (ali to supplicate) someone on bended knee
iti, spustiti se, pasti na koléna to go down (ali to fall) on one's knees (pred kom before someone)
ne pride mu niti do kolén (figurativno) he can't hold a candle to him, pogovorno he's not a patch on him
spraviti koga na koléna to force someone to his knees; to bring someone (down) to his knees
po kolénih se udariti to slap one's knees
upogniti koléno to bend the knee
koléna se mu tresejo (figurativno) he shakes in his shoes
zlomiti kaj na (svojih) kolénih to break something on one's knees
suniti s kolénom to knee

krivína crookedness, obliqueness; (zavoj) curve, bend, bending, crook, winding

cestna krivína camber of a road; (lesá) warp

kúrva (krivulja, vijuga) curve; bend

lók geometrija arc; (obok) arch; (zavoj) curve, bend, turn; (orožje, violinski) bow

napeti lók to bend (ali to draw) the bow
(pre)napenjati lók (figurativno) to push things to extremes
strelec z lókom archer, bowman, pl -men
streljanje z lókom archery
sprožiti lók to discharge a bow, to shoot an arrow
brenkati z lókom to twang
doba uporabe lóka in puščice (strelice) age of the bow and arrow
on preveč napenja lók (figurativno) he claims too much, he aims too high, he has ideas over his station

ovínek turn, turning; detour; corner; (dolg) roundabout way; (cestni) bend, twist, wind; (rečni) meander

brez ovínkov (figurativno) bluntly, straight
po ovínkih (figurativno) indirectly, in a devious way
oster ovínek a hairpin bend
nepregleden ovínek blind corner
velik ovínek a long way round, a roundabout way (ali route)
napraviti ovínek to make a detour
napraviti velik ovínek to go a long way round
morali smo napraviti ovínek we had to take a roundabout way
je le majhen ovínek it's only a short way round
povem brez ovínkov I don't mince my words
po ovínkih sem zvedel, da... I have learned by devious ways that...
izjaviti brez ovínkov to declare bluntly
govoriti brez ovínkov to speak straight out
rezati ovínek to cut a corner
zaviti na desno po ovínku to take a right turn round the bend, to take the right turn

pregíb anatomija joint, articulation; bend

prigíb bend

v prigíbu (v prilogi) enclosed, annexed, herewith, under this cover
izvolite sprejeti v prigíbu please find enclosed (ali herewith) (fakturo the bill)

serpentína bend, turn; (ostra) hairpin bend; (papir) streamer

pot se dviga v dolgih serpentínah v hrib the road winds uphill in a series of long hairpin bends, the road zigzags uphill

vijúga serpentine winding; (ceste) bend, S-bend, (ostra) hairpin bend; (reke) meander, bend, meandering (ali serpentine) course

zavòj

1. (omot) parcel, packet, (večji) package

poštni zavòj postal packet, mail parcel

2. (cestni) bend, curve, turn (of the road), hairpin bend

možganski zavòj convolution (of the brain)

izkrivíti to distort; to bend, to contort, to curve, to crook, (les) to warp; (besede) to pervert, to twist

izkrivíti se (les) to warp, to bend