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Bent
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- 1 Folded, dented.
- 2 Corrupt, dishonest. UK, colloquial
- 3 Homosexual. UK, colloquial, derogatory
"Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]”"
- 4 Determined or insistent; inclined, set. with-on
"He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."
- 5 Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.
"Near-synonym: butthurt"
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- 6 leading a life of crime.
- 7 Inaccurately aimed. slang
"That shot was so bent it left the pitch."
- 8 Suffering from the bends. US, colloquial
- 9 High from both marijuana and alcohol. slang
"Man, I am so bent right now!"
- 1 of metal e.g. wordnet
- 2 used of the back and knees; stooped wordnet
- 3 fixed in your purpose wordnet
- 1 A surname
- 1 An inclination or talent.
"He had a natural bent for painting."
- 2 Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. countable, uncountable
"His spear a bent, both stiff and strong."
- 3 a special way of doing something wordnet
- 4 A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
"His mind was of a technical bent."
- 5 Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.). countable, uncountable
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- 6 a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way wordnet
- 7 The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
"the bent of a bow"
- 8 A grassy area, grassland. countable, uncountable
"c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent."
- 9 an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges wordnet
- 10 A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
"Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent"
- 11 Old dried stalks of grasses. countable, uncountable
- 12 grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens wordnet
- 13 Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
"bents and turns of the matter"
- 14 A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.; Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
- 15 A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.; Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
- 16 Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
"the full bent and stress of the soul"
- 1 simple past and past participle of bend form-of, participle, past
Etymology
From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.
From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.
From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.
From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.
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