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Bend

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Bend or bends may refer to:

Materials

  • Bend, a curvature in a pipe, tube, or pipeline (see Bend radius)
  • Bend knot, a knot used to tie two ropes together; see List of bend knots
  • Bending, the deformation of an object due to an applied load

Music

Musical techniques

  • Bend (guitar), a guitar technique
  • Bending, for blues harp (harmonica)

Albums and songs

  • Bend (8stops7 album), 2006
  • Bend (The Origin album), 1992
  • "Bend" (song), a 2015 song by Chet Faker
  • The Bends, a 1995 album by Radiohead

People

  • Lin Bend (1922–1978), Canadian ice hockey centre
  • Robert Bend (1914–1999), Manitoba politician

Places

  • Bend, British Columbia, a railway point in Canada
  • Bend, California
  • Bend, Missouri
  • Bend, Oregon
  • Bend, South Dakota
  • Bend, Texas

Other uses

  • Bend (heraldry), a diagonal band used as a heraldic charge
  • Bend, a meander in a river
  • Bend It Like Beckham, a 2002 British family romantic comedy sports film
  • Decompression sickness, commonly known as "the bends"

See also

  • All pages with titles beginning with Bend
  • All pages with titles containing Bend
  • Bendable (disambiguation)
  • Bender (disambiguation)
  • Bending (disambiguation)
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