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[ bent ] SHOW IPA
/ bɛnt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
determined; set; resolved (usually followed by on ): to be bent on buying a new car.
Chiefly British Slang . morally crooked; corrupt. stolen: bent merchandise. Chiefly British Slang : Disparaging and Offensive . gay (def. 1).
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination: a bent for painting.
capacity of endurance: to work at the top of one's bent.
Civil Engineering . a transverse frame, as of a bridge or an aqueduct, designed to support either vertical or horizontal loads.
Archaic . bent state or form; curvature.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of bent 1 First recorded in 1525–35; originally past participle of bend1
SYNONYMS FOR bent 1 bowed, flexed.
2 fixed.
5 tendency, propensity, proclivity, predilection, penchant, partiality, leaning, bias.
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Definition for bent (2 of 2) [ bent ] SHOW IPA
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noun bent grass.
a stalk of bent grass.
Scot. , North England . (formerly) any stiff grass or sedge.
British Dialect . a moor; heath; tract of uncultivated, grassy land, used as a pasture or hunting preserve.
Origin of bent 2 First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; earlier benet-, bunet- (in compounds), Old English beonet-, beonot- (in placenames); cognate with Old High German binuz (compare German Binse ) “the rush plant”
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Example sentences from the Web for bent One detainee was bent over for a rectal feeding that involved Ensure, the protein shake.
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“I was just like bent over, and he was saying all kinds of dirty stuff,” she said.
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He bent the truth throughout his life to ensure that he was known as the man who had invented the lie detector test.
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He drew back a little, first checking to see if the guard was watching, then he bent down and looked into the jar.
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She bent down her head and laid her lips on his hand that was in hers.
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He bent his head down to the delicate little face at his side, and his tones were changed.
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The visitor called early in the morning of the following day, and found Addie bent over her washtubs in the back yard.
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Each of these was, then, bent on constructing a science out of a simple fact.
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British Dictionary definitions for bent (1 of 2) adjective not straight; curved
(foll by on) fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)
slang dishonest; corrupt (of goods) stolen crazy; mad British offensive homosexual noun personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude
capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent )
civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
British Dictionary definitions for bent (2 of 2) noun short for bent grass
a stalk of bent grass
archaic any stiff grass or sedge
Scot and Northern English dialect heath or moorland
Word Origin for bent Old English bionot ; related to Old Saxon binet , Old High German binuz rush
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