Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to unbend
Participle: unbended
Gerund: unbending
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | unbend |
| you | unbend |
| he;she;it | unbends |
| we | unbend |
| you | unbend |
| they | unbend |
Perfect
| I | have unbended |
| you | have unbended |
| he;she;it | has unbended |
| we | have unbended |
| you | have unbended |
| they | have unbended |
Past
| I | unbended |
| you | unbended |
| he;she;it | unbended |
| we | unbended |
| you | unbended |
| they | unbended |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbended |
| you | had unbended |
| he;she;it | had unbended |
| we | had unbended |
| you | had unbended |
| they | had unbended |
Future
| I | will unbend |
| you | will unbend |
| he;she;it | will unbend |
| we | will unbend |
| you | will unbend |
| they | will unbend |
Future Perfect
| I | will have unbended |
| you | will have unbended |
| he;she;it | will have unbended |
| we | will have unbended |
| you | will have unbended |
| they | will have unbended |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | unbend |
| you | unbend |
| he;she;it | unbend |
| we | unbend |
| you | unbend |
| they | unbend |
Perfect
| I | have unbended |
| you | have unbended |
| he;she;it | have unbended |
| we | have unbended |
| you | have unbended |
| they | have unbended |
Imperfect
| I | unbended |
| you | unbended |
| he;she;it | unbended |
| we | unbended |
| you | unbended |
| they | unbended |
Pluperfect
| I | had unbended |
| you | had unbended |
| he;she;it | had unbended |
| we | had unbended |
| you | had unbended |
| they | had unbended |
Conditional
Present
| I | would unbend |
| you | would unbend |
| he;she;it | would unbend |
| we | would unbend |
| you | would unbend |
| they | would unbend |
Perfect
| I | would have unbended |
| you | would have unbended |
| he;she;it | would have unbended |
| we | would have unbended |
| you | would have unbended |
| they | would have unbended |
Imperative
| you | unbend |
| we | Let's unbend |
| you | unbend |
Verbs conjugated like 'unbend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'unbend'
inbend,
unbed,
unbind,
unend,
unsend,
upbend,
abend,
bend,
entend,
inbind,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to relax a bow by unstringing it," c.1250, from un- (2) + bend. Fig. meaning "to become genial, relax" (1748) has a sense opposite to that of unbending "inflexible, obstinate" (1688), which does not derive from the bowstringing image.
2. From Middle English unbenden, equivalent to un- + bend.
Sample Sentences
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to unbend a bow
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He leant tensely against the corridor wall and frowned like a man trying to unbend a corkscrew by telekinesis. [1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 61:]
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to unbend the mind from study or care
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You do unbend your noble strength. [c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:]
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Unbend the rope.
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He spent the afternoon shaping a swagger-stick from the branch of jarrah and talking with Miss La Rue, who had sufficiently unbent toward him to notice his existence. [1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:]