撓む

撓む
たわむ【撓む】
*bend
|自|〖S〗(物が)曲る, 〔…で〕たわむ(down)〔with, under
**give
|自|〖S〗(物が)(圧力などを受けて)たわむ, しなう

The bamboo gave but did not break. その竹はたわんだが折れなかった

sag
|自|(門・橋などが)(重みで片方に)かしぐ, たわむ;(天井・桁(けた)・ロープなどが)たわむ, たるむ(down).
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たわむ【撓む】
1 〔しなう〕 bend; be bent; 〔圧力に〕 yield.

●風で枝がたわむ. The branches bend in the wind. | The wind bends the branches [makes the branches bend].

・電線がたわんでいる. The electric wires are bent [sagging].

・果実の重みで枝がたわんでいる. The branches are weighed down with [by] fruit.

・巨漢の力士の重みで床板がたわんだ. The floorboards bent under the weight of the huge wrestler.

2 〔心がくじける〕 lose heart. [=たゆむ]

Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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