unbend

«unbend» in Mova's school dictionary: to straighten it, as a bow is straightened after use — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (unbend, unbends, unbent, unbending)

meaning for a pupil

1) To unbend a bent thing is to straighten it, as a bow is straightened after use. tree →

2) To unbend is to stop being stiff or serious and relax. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a bow is unstrung and put down; a stern person relaxes and joins in the fun

examples

• Unbend your bow and rest. tree →
• The strict teacher unbent and laughed at the joke. tree →
• After the long test we unbent by playing a game. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «unbend» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.