bended
Flexed, as knees
Bended is an archaic or poetic past tense of bend, now surviving mainly in the phrase on bended knee—kneeling in supplication, proposal, or reverence.
Outside this fixed expression, bent is the standard form: She bent the wire, not She bended the wire.
Curved overhead
- bowedCurved or bent over
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- crookedBent or dishonest
- angledTurned from perpendicular
flexed · stooped · hunched · doubled · folded · crouched · inclined · leaning
Leg's middle hinge
- prayerAddress to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- homageExpression of deep respect
- fealtyPledged devotion to authority
obeisance · courtly · medieval · chivalric · poetic · formal
Lowering onto bent legs
- genuflectingBending the knee reverently
- bowingBending forward in deference
- prostrateLying fully extended
- supplicantOne who humbly entreats
deferential · humble · reverent · imploring · beseeching · pleading · subservient · obeisant
arched
Curved overhead
angled · flexed · stooped · hunched · doubled · folded · crouched · inclined · leaning · tilted
knee
Leg's middle hinge
- prayerAddress to deity
- supplicationHumble plea for help
- homageExpression of deep respect
fealty · obeisance · courtly · medieval · chivalric · poetic · formal
kneeling
Lowering onto bent legs
- genuflectingBending the knee reverently
- bowingBending forward in deference
- prostrateLying fully extended
supplicant · deferential · humble · reverent · imploring · beseeching · pleading · subservient · obeisant · kowtowing
- bend the kneeCeremonial act of submission
- bend overIncline torso downward
- bend over backwardsTry unusually hard to please
- bend downLower your body forward
- fender benderMinor vehicle collision
- bend the rulesInterpret guidelines loosely
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