Stretches into a curve (5)

I believe the answer is:

bends

(Other definitions for bends that I've seen before include "Road curves" , "Diver's affliction" , "Buckles" , "Painful divers' condition" , "deadly to the diver" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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