adjective
bendy
BEHN-dee
adjective
1
Easy to bend; flexible.
"The gymnast has incredibly bendy joints."
"We bought a bendy garden hose that coils up small."
2
Full of bends and twists, describing a road or path.
"The bendy mountain road made several passengers feel sick."
noun
1
A long, articulated bus with a flexible joint partway along its body.
"A red bendy used to run through the middle of London."
How to Use Bendy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomething that flexes or curves easily, whether that's a body, an object, or a road.
Common pairings
bendy road
bendy straw
bendy bus
Word Forms
bendier comparative, bendies plural, bendies plural, bendiest superlative
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Etymology
From bend plus the adjective-forming suffix -y, going back to the Old English verb bendan, "to bend."