different between twirl vs bend
twirl
English
Etymology
Of Scandinavian origin, akin to Norwegian Nynorsk tvirla, Old High German dweran (German zwirlen, quirlen) and Icelandic þyrill Or, an alteration of tirl (“to twist”), with influence from whirl.; all from Proto-Germanic *þweran? (“to stir”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?tw??(?)l/
- Rhymes: -??(r)l
Noun
twirl (plural twirls)
- A movement where a person spins round elegantly; a pirouette.
- Any rotating movement; a spin.
- The conductor gave his baton a twirl, and the orchestra began to play.
- A little twist of some substance; a swirl.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
- Place the cream in a piping bag with a fairly large star pipe attached, fill each tartlet with a twirl of cream and top with a strawberry.
- 1969, The South African Sugar Journal (volume 53, page 51)
- (slang) A prison guard.
- Synonym: screw
- 1958, Frank Norman, Bang to rights: an account of prison life (page 67)
- Which was in the main childishness and pettiness, the reason for this was that most of the twirls and the governors had […]
Translations
Verb
twirl (third-person singular simple present twirls, present participle twirling, simple past and past participle twirled)
- (intransitive) To perform a twirl.
- (transitive) To rotate rapidly.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- See ruddy maids, / Some taught with dexterous hand to twirl the wheel.
- 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture
- (transitive) To twist round.
- (baseball) To pitch.
- 1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac (page 302)
- When the batteries were announced, however, and Herb Pennock of the Boston Red Sox, probably the best pitcher in all baseballdom, was named to twirl for the invading team, we felt we had been tricked.
- 1949, Mark Raymond Murnane, Ground Swells: Of Sailors, Ships, and Shellac (page 302)
Derived terms
- twirl one's moustache
Translations
References
twirl From the web:
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bend
English
Etymology
From Middle English benden, from Old English bendan (“to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”), from Proto-Germanic *bandijan? (“to bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?end?- (“to bind, tie”). Cognate with Middle High German benden (“to fetter”), Danish bænde (“to bend”), Norwegian bende (“to bend”), Faroese benda (“to bend, inflect”), Icelandic benda (“to bend”). More at band.
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?nd, IPA(key): /b?nd/
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): /b?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
bend (third-person singular simple present bends, present participle bending, simple past and past participle bent or (archaic) bended)
- (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
- (intransitive) To become curved.
- (transitive) To cause to change direction.
- (intransitive) To change direction.
- (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
- (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
- (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Each to his great Father bends.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- (transitive) To force to submit.
- (intransitive) To submit.
- (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
- (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
- (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
- (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
- (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
- (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bend (plural bends)
- A curve.
- 1968, Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
- I hear the train a comin'/It's rolling round the bend
- 1968, Johnny Cash, Folsom Prison Blues
- Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
- (in the plural, medicine, underwater diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression, causing bubbles of nitrogen to form in the blood; decompression sickness.
- (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.
- (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
- 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act 1, Scene 3
- Farewell, poor swain; thou art not for my bend.
- 1608, John Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, Act 1, Scene 3
- In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt; sometimes, half a butt cut lengthwise.
- (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
- (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales, which have the beams, knees, and futtocks bolted to them.
- (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the sides.
- the midship bends
- (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.
Derived terms
Translations
Related terms
- bent
References
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Anagrams
- D. Neb.
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *band (“drop”). Compare Phrygian ???? (bedu, “water”), Sanskrit ?????? (bindú, “drop”), Middle Irish banna, baina (“drop”) and possibly Latin F?ns Bandusiae.
Noun
bend m
- pond, water reservoir
- idle or provocative words
- servant, henchman
Related terms
- përbindësh
Northern Kurdish
Noun
bend ?
- slave
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From benda, bende (“to bend”).
Noun
bend n (definite singular bendet, indefinite plural bend, definite plural benda)
- a bend
- a bent position
- a butt on a thick rope
Participle
bend (neuter bendt, definite singular and plural bende)
- past participle of benda and bende
Verb
bend
- imperative of benda and bende
References
- “bend” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Participle
bend
- inflection of bendr:
- strong feminine nominative singular
- strong neuter nominative/accusative plural
Verb
bend
- second-person singular active imperative of benda
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English bend.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?b?d??/
Noun
bend m (plural bends)
- (music, electric guitar) bend (change in pitch produced by bending a string)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From English band.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bênd/
Noun
b?nd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (music) band (group of musicians)
Declension
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- what bender would i be
- what bends light
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- what bends light in the eye
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