Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bendy

/ˈbɛndi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.55 in modern English

Syllables: bendy
IPA: /ˈbɛndi/

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ability to be bent easily.

adj

Of a person, flexible; having the ability to bend easily; resilient.

Informal

adj

Containing many bends and twists.

adj

noun

British usage; Slang

adj

Divided into diagonal bands of colour.

noun

A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

noun

Obsolete form of bhindi.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Bendy rulers are far more fun than the wooden ones."
"When I was in the scene in the barn he encouraged me to do as many contortions as I could, and he seemed to like the fact I was so 'bendy.' … After all how many young actresses in Hollywood are "bendy"?"
"a bendy road"
"“The bendy bus is very easy to get on to and can carry twice as many passengers and more people can sit down,” Ms. Cottam said."
"Finally for November, on the 26th double-deckers were restored to the 29, which under bendies had gained an unsavoury reputation that it simply hadn't merited before this form of transport was imposed upon it; […]"
"7. Talbot, Bendy gules and argent; 8. Comyn, Gules, three garbs within a tressure flory counter-flory or; 9. Valence, Barry of ten argent and azure, an orle of martlets gules;"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bendy From bend + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bendee, bendé

Usage

Inflected Forms

bendier (comparative) bendiest (superlative) bendies (plural)

Derived Forms

bendiness

Phrases

bendy-boy bendy bus bendy straw jungle bendy

Frequently Paired Words

jungle bendy

Synonyms

flexible pliable supple limber lissom lissome lithe sinuous tortuous twisted twisty winding

Homonyms

bindi

Rhymes With

wendy trendy hendy dendy endy hendee arizmendi melendy mende mendy friendy tendie

Questions

How do you pronounce bendy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɛndi/.
What does bendy mean?: Having the ability to be bent easily.
Where does bendy come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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