Meaning

5 senses
  1. Having the ability to be bent easily.

    Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones.

    biegsam

  2. (informal)Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.

    gelenkig

  3. Containing many bends and twists.

    a bendy road

    kurvenreich, kurvig

  4. Articulated.

  5. (not comparable)Divided into diagonal bands of colour.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. The Mayor of London doesn't like bendy buses.

    deDer Bürgermeister von London mag keine Gelenkbusse. — Esperantostern

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By meaning 3
Having the ability to be bent easily:
Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily:
Containing many bends and twists:

Origin

From Middle English bendee, from Old French bendé (past participle).

From Middle English bendee, from Old French bendé (past participle).

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Forms

bendier, bendiest
Comparativebendier Lesson
Superlativebendiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
having the ability to be bent easily:flexibleB2suppleC1pliable
of a person:limberlissomlithelissome
articulated:articulatedjointed

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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