Bend may refer to:

Materials

* Bend, a curvature in a pipe, tube, or pipeline (see

Bend radius Bend radius, which is measured to the inside curvature, is the minimum radius one can bend a pipe, tube, sheet, cable or hose without kinking it, damaging it, or shortening its life. The ''smaller'' the bend radius, the ''greater'' the material fl ...

) * Bend knot, a knot used to tie two ropes together; see

List of bend knots This is a list of bends. A bend is a knot used to join two lengths of rope. They are used in a variety of situations, including climbing, sailing, and securing loads. Bend knots are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released, th ...

Bending In applied mechanics, bending (also known as flexure) characterizes the behavior of a slender structural element subjected to an external load applied perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the element. The structural element is assumed to ...

, the deformation of an object due to an applied load

Music

Musical techniques

Bend (guitar) Finger vibrato is vibrato produced on a string instrument by cyclic hand movements. Despite the name, normally the entire hand moves, and sometimes the entire upper arm. It can also refer to vibrato on some woodwind instruments, achieved by lowering ...

, a guitar technique * Bending, for

blues harp The Richter-tuned harmonica, or 10-hole harmonica (in Asia) or blues harp (in America), is the most widely known type of harmonica. It is a variety of diatonic harmonica, with ten holes which offer the player 19 notes (10 holes times a draw and ...

(harmonica)

Albums and songs

* ''Bend'' (8stops7 album), 2006 * ''Bend'' (The Origin album), 1992 * "Bend" (song), a 2015 song by Chet Faker

People

Lin Bend John Linthwaite Bend (December 20, 1922 – April 6, 1978) was a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre who played eight games with the New York Rangers. He was born in Poplar Point, Manitoba. Awards and achievem ...

(1922–1978), Canadian ice hockey centre *

Robert Bend Robert (Bobby) Bend (April 14, 1914 – September 24, 1999) was a Canadian politician, and was briefly the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party (1969–1970). Biography Early life Bend was born in Poplar Point, Manitoba, the son of J.P. Bend ( ...

(1914–1999), Manitoba politician

Places

Bend, British Columbia Bend, the remnants of a community northwest of Dome Creek in central British Columbia, comprises several scattered rural properties stretching along the Fraser River on the northwest side of the railway bridge. The area was named after the 90-d ...

, a railway point in Canada *

Bend, California Bend is a census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. Bend is located on the Sacramento River north-northeast of Red Bluff. Bend had a post office from 1897 to 1935. The community was originally known as Horsethief Bend; ...

Bend, Missouri Bend is an unincorporated community in northeastern Maries County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route Z just east of Missouri Route 42 and approximately five miles east of Vienna. The community of Paydown is about t ...

Bend, Oregon Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is the principal city of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, with a population of 99,178 at the time of the 2020 U.S ...

Bend, South Dakota Bend is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. History A post office called Bend was established in 1886, and remained in operation until 1941. Bend was named for its location where the Elk Creek meander ...

Bend, Texas Bend is an unincorporated community in Lampasas and San Saba Counties in western Central Texas. Its population was 1,678 as of the 2010 census. It is located on Farm to Market Road 580 on the western leg of a horseshoe-shaped bend in the Colorado ...

Other uses

Bend (heraldry) In heraldry, a bend is a band or strap running from the upper dexter (the bearer's right side and the viewer's left) corner of the shield to the lower sinister (the bearer's left side, and the viewer's right). Authorities differ as to how ...

, a diagonal band used as a heraldic charge * Bend, a

meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...

in a river *

Decompression sickness Decompression sickness (abbreviated DCS; also called divers' disease, the bends, aerobullosis, and caisson disease) is a medical condition caused by dissolved gases emerging from solution as bubbles inside the body tissues during decompressio ...

, commonly known as "the bends" *

Curl (association football) Curl or bend in association football is spin on the ball which makes the ball move in a curved direction. When kicking the ball, the inside of the foot is often used to curl the ball, but this can also be done by using the outside of the foot. Sim ...

, a playing technique also called "bend"