bend
noun
ADJ. gentle, slight, wide | hairpin, sharp, tight Some of the hairpin bends had Ruth clinging to her seat.| dangerous | blind mountain roads with steep gradients and blind bends| left-hand, right-hand | final (= in a race) He had a winning lead off the final bend.
QUANT. series a series of dangerous bends
VERB + BEND come round, negotiate, round, take, turn He slowed down to negotiate the bend.
PREP. around/round a/the ~ The car vanished round a bend.| into a/the ~ I inched the car into the bend.| off a/the ~ He came off the bend in the lead.| on a/the ~ Slow down on the tight bends.| ~ in a wide bend in the river
