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bent
bent 1 B0191800 (bĕnt)v.Past tense and past participle of bend1.adj.1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire.2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the concert.3. Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.n.1. A tendency, disposition, or inclination: "The natural bent of my mind was to science" (Thomas Paine).2. A transverse structural member or framework that is used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
bent 2 B0191800 (bĕnt)n.1. Bentgrass.2. The stiff stalk of various grasses.3. An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.
[Middle English, from Old English beonet (attested only in place names ); akin to German Binse, rush.]bent (bɛnt) adj1. not straight; curved2. (foll by on) fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)3. slang a. dishonest; corruptb. (of goods) stolenc. crazy; madd. Brit offensive homosexualn4. personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude5. capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent)6. (General Engineering) civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
bent (bɛnt) n1. (Plants) short for bentgrass2. (Plants) a stalk of bent grass3. (Plants) archaic any stiff grass or sedge4. dialect Scot and Northern English heath or moorland[Old English bionot; related to Old Saxon binet, Old High German binuz rush]bent1 (bɛnt)
adj. 1. curved; crooked: a bent back. 2. determined; set; resolved: bent on succeeding. 3. Chiefly Brit. corrupt. n. 4. predilection; talent: a bent for painting. 5. capacity of endurance. 6. a transverse frame, as of a bridge or an aqueduct, designed to support either vertical or horizontal loads. [1525–35; orig. past participle of bend 1] bent2 (bɛnt)
n. 1. bent grass. 2. a stalk of bent grass. [1300–50; Middle English; Old English beonet-, beonot-, c. Old High German binuz rush] Bending/Bent - As crooked as a corkscrew —George Kaufman and Moss Hart
- As crooked as a dog’s elbow —F. T. Elworthy
- As crooked as a ram’s horn —Charles Caleb Colton
- Bending from the waist as if he was going to close up like a jackknife —John Dos Passos
- Bend like a finger joint —Charles Wright
- Bend like sheets of tin —Palmer Cox
- Bends with her laugh … like a rubber stick being shaken —Alice McDermott
- Bent as a country lane —John Wainwright
- Bent double like a tree in a high wind —Caryl Phillips
- Bent down like violets after rain —Thomas Bailey Aldrich
- Bent like a birch ice-laden —James Agee
- Bent like a bow —Aharon Megged
A variation on the bent bow image from William Mcllvanney’s novel, Laidlow: “Arching his body like a bow.” - Bent like a broken flower —Algernon Charles Swinburne
- Bent like a rainbow —Robert Southey
Another way to express this image is to be “Bent like a rainbow arch.” - Bent … like a soldier at the approach of an assault —Victor Hugo
- Bent like a wishbone —William Kennedy
- Bent slightly like a man who has been shot but continues to stand —Flannery O’Connor
- (The headwaiter) bowed like a poppy in the breeze —Ogden Nash
- Bows down like a willow tree in a storm —Erich Maria Remarque
- Coiled like a fetus —William H. Gass
A variation by Derek Lambert:“Curled up like a bulky fetus.” - Coiled up like the letter ‘S’ —Damon Runyon
- Crooked like a comma —Sharon Sheehe Stark
- Curled himself like a comma into the waiting cab —William H. Hallhan
- Curled like a ball —Sterling Hayden
- Curled up in a ball like a wet puppy —Amos Oz
- Curled up [in sleeping position] like a fist around an egg —Leonard Michaels
- Curled up like a gun-dog —Colette
- (Bent over your books) curled up like a porcupine with a bellyache —Marge Piercy
- Curled up like fried bacon —Anon
- Curling up like a small animal —Nina Bawden
- Curling up like burning cardboard —Lawrence Durrell
- [A cat] curls up like a dormer mouse —Jayne Anne Phillips
- Drooped like a flower in the frost —John Greenleaf Whittier
- Folded over like a ruler from the waist —William H. Gass
- Folded up, like a marionette with cheap wooden hinges, and sat down —Graham Masterton
- (Never will I be) gibbous like the moon —Diane Ackerman
- Lean forward like firemen pulling a hose —Miller Williams
- Tilting like a paper cutout —Susan Minot
- Twisted as an old paint tube —Fannie Hurst
- A very old lady, her back curved over like a snail’s —Daphne Merkin
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | bent - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"setinclination, tendency, disposition - an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" | | 2. |  bent - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greensbent grass, bent-grassgrass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hayAgrostis, genus Agrostis - annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland)Agrostis canina, brown bent, dog bent, Rhode Island bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass - common grass with slender stems and narrow leavesAgrostis nebulosa, cloud grass - Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquetsAgrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass - common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners | | 3. |  bent - an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedgesgrassland - land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life | | 4. | bent - a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"hang, knackendowment, natural endowment, talent, gift - natural abilities or qualities | | Adj. | 1. | bent - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"bent on, dead set, out toresolute - firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" | | 2. |  bent - used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"bendedunerect - not upright in position or posture | | 3. |  bent - of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"crumpled, denteddamaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
bentadjective1. misshapen, twisted, angled, bowed, curved, arched, crooked, crippled, distorted, warped, deformed, tortuous, disfigured, out of shape The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.
misshapen even, level, true, straight, square, smooth, in line, erect, upright, vertical, aligned, horizontal, plumb, perpendicular2. stooped, bowed, arched, hunched, stooping a bent, frail, old man3. (Brit. informal) corrupt, crooked (informal), rotten, shady (informal), fraudulent, dishonest, unscrupulous, unethical, venal, unprincipled, bribable a bent accountant4. (Offensive slang) gay, homosexual, queer (informal, derogatory) an actor who was as bent as a nine-bob notenoun1. inclination, ability, taste, facility, talent, leaning, tendency, preference, faculty, forte, flair, knack, penchant, bag (slang), propensity, aptitude, predisposition, predilection, proclivity, turn of mind his bent for natural historybent on intent on, committed to, set on, fixed on, hell bent on (informal), predisposed to, obsessive about, fixated on, resolved on, insistent on He's bent on suicide.bentadjective1. Deviating from a straight line:arced, arched, arciform, bowed, curved, curvilinear, rounded.2. On an unwavering course of action:decided, determined, fixed, intent, resolute, set.noun1. An inclination to something:bias, cast, disposition, leaning, partiality, penchant, predilection, predisposition, proclivity, proneness, propensity, squint, tendency, trend, turn.2. An innate capability:aptitude, aptness, faculty, flair, genius, gift, head, instinct, knack, talent, turn.Translationsbent2 (bent) noun a natural inclination. a bent for mathematics. 愛好 爱好bent
bent verbSee kinkybent1. mod. alcohol or drug intoxicated. I’ve never seen two guys so bent. 2. mod. dishonest; crooked. I’m afraid that Paul is a little bent. He cheats on his taxes. 3. mod. angry. He was so bent there was steam coming out of his ears. See:- As the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined
- be hell-bent on
- be hell-bent on something/on doing something
- bend (one's)/the elbow
- bend back
- bend before (something)
- bend down
- bend forward
- bend in
- bend over
- bend over backwards
- bend the law
- bend the rules
- bent
- bent cop
- bent double
- bent on
- bent on (doing something)
- bent on a splice
- bent on doing
- bent on something/on doing something
- bent out of shape
- get bent
- get bent out of shape
- hell-bent for
- hell-bent for (something)
- hell-bent for leather
- kinky
- ride hell (bent) for leather, to
bent
bent1 Civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
bent21. short for bent grass2. a stalk of bent grass 3. Archaic any stiff grass or sedge BentA framework, which is transverse to the length of a framed structure; usually designed to carry both a lateral and a vertical load. bent[bent] (civil engineering) A framework support transverse to the length of a structure. bent1. Same as bent frame. 2. A rhizomatous grass, used where a resilient velvety texture is required.bent
bent Drug slang
verb A regional street term for being intoxicated with narcotics or psychedelics.
Vox populi adjective
(1) Dishonest.
(2) Not straight; homosexual, gay.
(3) Intoxicated, “wasted”.BENT
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bent
Synonyms for bentadj misshapenSynonyms- misshapen
- twisted
- angled
- bowed
- curved
- arched
- crooked
- crippled
- distorted
- warped
- deformed
- tortuous
- disfigured
- out of shape
Antonyms- even
- level
- true
- straight
- square
- smooth
- in line
- erect
- upright
- vertical
- aligned
- horizontal
- plumb
- perpendicular
adj stoopedSynonyms- stooped
- bowed
- arched
- hunched
- stooping
adj corruptSynonyms- corrupt
- crooked
- rotten
- shady
- fraudulent
- dishonest
- unscrupulous
- unethical
- venal
- unprincipled
- bribable
adj gaySynonymsnoun inclinationSynonyms- inclination
- ability
- taste
- facility
- talent
- leaning
- tendency
- preference
- faculty
- forte
- flair
- knack
- penchant
- bag
- propensity
- aptitude
- predisposition
- predilection
- proclivity
- turn of mind
phrase bent onSynonyms- intent on
- committed to
- set on
- fixed on
- hell bent on
- predisposed to
- obsessive about
- fixated on
- resolved on
- insistent on
Synonyms for bentadj deviating from a straight lineSynonyms- arced
- arched
- arciform
- bowed
- curved
- curvilinear
- rounded
adj on an unwavering course of actionSynonyms- decided
- determined
- fixed
- intent
- resolute
- set
noun an inclination to somethingSynonyms- bias
- cast
- disposition
- leaning
- partiality
- penchant
- predilection
- predisposition
- proclivity
- proneness
- propensity
- squint
- tendency
- trend
- turn
noun an innate capabilitySynonyms- aptitude
- aptness
- faculty
- flair
- genius
- gift
- head
- instinct
- knack
- talent
- turn
Synonyms for bentnoun a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular waySynonymsRelated Words- inclination
- tendency
- disposition
noun grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greensSynonymsRelated Words- grass
- Agrostis
- genus Agrostis
- Agrostis canina
- brown bent
- dog bent
- Rhode Island bent
- velvet bent
- velvet bent grass
- Agrostis nebulosa
- cloud grass
- Agrostis palustris
- creeping bent
- creeping bentgrass
noun an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedgesRelated Wordsnoun a special way of doing somethingSynonymsRelated Words- endowment
- natural endowment
- talent
- gift
adj fixed in your purposeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj used of the back and kneesSynonymsRelated Wordsadj of metal e.g.SynonymsRelated Words |