bendy
2
2.5
- adjective
- /ˈbɛndi/
:
flexible
- And cheers to us for being bendy and flexi into our old age.
- a bendy straw
Like, if you're not very bendy, don't do seven days a week of yoga, OK?
- Like, if you're not very bendy, don't do seven days a week of yoga, OK?
- And a flour tortilla is just more like bendy.
- It's nice and like bendy like the applicator and this is a really nice color.
- Compliant mechanisms have reduced part count because they have these bendy parts instead of having things like hinges and bearings and separate springs.
- It's so I can't even, it's like they bendy.
Examples
-
A bendy straw, your favourite sipping utensil.
-
This material is bendy enough to fit comfortably in tight spaces.
-
Their bodies are so bendy.
-
And you could kind of see how it's very bendy and it's very plush.
-
OK, so this should be very bendy and stretchy.
-
I find that this wand is way too bendy for me.
-
Floral wire is very bendy and can be wrapped around and through things.
Blog text (15) -
Everybody should get a yoga mat if you're trying to like do more stretches and be bendy or now we have my makeup bag.
-
We got a Ninjago kit and then Caleb got a bendy Lego kit.
-
The yoga instructor demonstrated how to perform stretches to become more bendy.
Synonyms
31
3.4
Able to bend easily without breaking and return to shape
18
3.7
Able to bend or move easily and smoothly
7
4.1
Able to bend and move easily
3
3.3
Flexible and bouncy when you bend or squeeze it
3
5.6
Easily bent or shaped without breaking
1
3.0
Can curve without breaking
1
7.8
Able to bend easily and spring back without breaking, like a thin stick
Easy to bend without breaking, like a thin branch
Antonyms
Compounds
How Flexible
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bendy is built from bend 'to curve' and -y, and a helpful way to remember it is to think of something 'able to bend' like a bendy straw. So when we say something is bendy we mean it is flexible or easy to bend.