English-Thai Dictionary

unbend

VI ตรง  straighten trong

 

unbend

VI ผ่อนคลาย  rest relax work pon-klai

 

unbend

VT ทำให้ ตรง  straighten tam-hai-trong

 

unbend

VT ทำให้ ผ่อนคลาย  relax work tam-hai-pon-klai

 

unbend

VT ปลด  ทำให้ คลาย  ทำให้ หย่อน  loosen up soften plod

 

unbendable

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ตรง  flexible sueng-tam-hai-trong

 

unbendable

ADJ ซึ่ง ทำให้ ผ่อนคลาย  flexible sueng-tam-hai-pon-klai

 

unbending

ADJ ซึ่ง ดื้อด้าน  ซึ่ง ไม่ อ่อน  ซึ่ง กระด้าง  ซึ่ง ไม่ หย่อน  sueng-due-dan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNBEND

v.t. 1. To free from flexure; to make straight; as, to unbend a bow.
2. To relax; to remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; as, to unbend the mind from study or care.
3. To relax effeminately.
You unbend your noble strength.
4. In seamanship, to take the sails from their yards and stays; also, to cast loose a cable from the anchors; also, to untie one rope from another.

 

UNBENDING

ppr. 1. Relaxing from any strain; remitting; taking from their yards, etc. , as sails.
2. a. Not suffering flexure.
3. Unyielding; resolute; inflexible; applied to persons.
4. Unyielding; inflexible; firm; applied to things; as unbending truth.
5. Devoted to relaxation.
I hope it may entertain your lordship at an unbending hour.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNBEND

Un *bend ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Unbent; p. pr. & vb. n. Unbending. ]Etym: [1st pref. un- + bend. ]

 

1. To free from flexure; to make, or allow to become, straight; to loosen; as, to unbend a bow.

 

2. A remit from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. You do unbend your noble strength. Shak.

 

3. (Naut. ) (a ) To unfasten, as sails, from the spars or stays to which they are attached for use. (b ) To cast loose or untie, as a rope.

 

UNBEND

UNBEND Un *bend ", v. i.

 

1. To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.

 

2. To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like; hence, to indulge in mirth or amusement.

 

UNBENDING

Un *bend "ing, a. Etym: [In senses 1, 2, and 3, pref. un- not +bending; in sense 4, properly p. pr. unbend. ]

 

1. Not bending; not suffering flexure; not yielding to pressure; stiff; -- applied to material things. Flies o'er unbending corn, and skims along the main. Pope.

 

2. Unyielding in will; not subject to persuasion or influence; inflexible; resolute; -- applied to persons.

 

3. Unyielding in nature; unchangeable; fixed; -- applied to abstract ideas; as, unbending truths.

 

4. Devoted to relaxation or amusement. [R.] It may entertain your lordships at an unbending hour. Rowe. -- Un *bend "ing *ly, adv. -- Un *bend "ing *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

unbend

un bend |ˌənˈbend ˌənˈbɛnd | ▶verb ( past and past participle unbent ) 1 make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position: [ with obj. ] : I had trouble unbending my cramped knees | [ no obj. ] : he unbent from the cockpit as she passed. • [ no obj. ] become less reserved, formal, or strict: you could be fun too, you know, if you'd only unbend a little. 2 [ with obj. ] Sailing unfasten (sails ) from yards or stays. • untie or cast loose (a rope or cable ).

 

unbending

un bend ing |ˌənˈbendiNG ˌənˈbɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective strict and austere in one's behavior or attitudes: they were unbending in their demands | his unbending iron will. DERIVATIVES un bend ing ly adverb, un bend ing ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

unbend

un ¦bend |ʌnˈbɛnd | ▶verb ( past and past participle unbent ) 1 make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position: [ with obj. ] : I had trouble unbending my cramped knees | [ no obj. ] : he unbent from the cockpit. • [ no obj. ] become less reserved, formal, or strict: you could be fun too, you know, if you'd only unbend a little. 2 [ with obj. ] Sailing unfasten (sails ) from yards and stays. • untie or cast loose (a rope or cable ).

 

unbending

un |bend |ing |ʌnˈbɛndɪŋ | ▶adjective reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible. DERIVATIVES unbendingly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

unbending

unbending adjective she resented the demands of her unbending father: inflexible, rigid, strict, austere, stern, tough, firm, uncompromising, unyielding, hard line, resolute, determined, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, intransigent, immovable; unfeeling, unemotional, stiff, forbidding, unfriendly.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

unbend

unbend verb 1 I had trouble unbending my cramped knees: straighten, straighten out, extend, flex, uncurl, flatten. ANTONYMS bend. 2 you could be fun too, you know, if you'd only unbend a little: relax, become less formal, become informal, unwind, de-stress, loosen up, let oneself go; informal let one's hair down, let up, let it all hang out, hang loose, come down from one's high horse. ANTONYMS tense up.

 

unbending

unbending adjective 1 the giraffe moves towards me on unbending legs: stiff, rigid, inflexible, unpliable, inelastic, unmalleable; straight, undeviating, linear, unswerving, uncurving, as straight as an arrow. ANTONYMS flexible. 2 an unbending and somewhat formal man: aloof, formal, stiff, reserved, remote, distant, forbidding, stand-offish, strait-laced, conventional, stuffy, cool, unfeeling, unemotional, unfriendly, austere; informal uptight. ANTONYMS relaxed, informal. 3 the unbending attitudes of the authorities: uncompromising, inflexible, unyielding, unfaltering, unwavering, hard-line, tough, harsh, strict, stern, severe, firm, resolute, determined, unrelenting, relentless, inexorable, intransigent, immovable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

unbend

ù n b é nd 動詞 →bend 自動詞 他動詞 1 (〈物 〉が [を ])真っ直ぐになる [する ].2 (〈人 〉が [を ])打ち解ける [させる ].

 

unbending

ù n b é nd ing 形容詞 〈意見などが 〉変わらない ; 頑固な (rigid ), かたくなな .