загиба́ться

rare #19095

verbreflexiveimperfective perfective is загну́ться

1.
to curl up, to turn up, to turn down, to bend over
Уголки́ страни́ц загиба́ются.
The corners of the pages are curling up.
Of thin, flexible things: page corners, sheet metal edges, leaves.
2.
to kick the bucket, to croak, to be dying, to peg out
Он загиба́ется от го́лода.
He is dying of hunger.
Very colloquial; often of slow dying or of being worn out.
3.
(rare) to be bent over, to be folded in, to be turned inmanufacturing
Кра́я листа загиба́ются вручну́ю.
The edges of the sheet are bent over by hand.
Passive use, mainly technical.

Examples

Края бумаги загибаются от влаги.
The edges of the paper curl up from the moisture.
Без воды мы тут совсем загибаемся.
Without water, we're really dying here.
Уголки старой книги загибались внутрь.
The corners of the old book were curling inward.

Imperative
ты	загиба́йся
вы	загиба́йтесь

Active present	загиба́ющийся	bending, curling, folding, turning
Active past	загиба́вшийся	bending, curving, folding, turning up (at the edge)
Passive present	-
Passive past	-
Gerund present	загиба́ясь	while doing (present)
Gerund past	загибавшись	while doing (past)