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bent
1[bent]
adjective
curved; crooked: a bent stick.
a bent bow;
a bent stick.
Synonyms: ,determined; set; resolved (usually followed byon ).
to be bent on buying a new car.
Synonyms:Chiefly British Slang.
morally crooked; corrupt.
stolen.
bent merchandise.
unbalanced or crazy; irrational.
Man, your take on things is so bent I can hardly follow it.
Chiefly British Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.gay.
noun
direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination.
a bent for painting.
Synonyms: , , , , , , ,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.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of bend.
bent
2[bent]
noun
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.
bent
1/ ɛԳ /
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
offensivehomosexual
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
bent
2/ ɛԳ /
noun
short for bent grass
a stalk of bent grass
archaicany stiff grass or sedge
dialectheath or moorland
51Թ History and Origins
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Origin of bent2
51Թ History and Origins
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Idioms and Phrases
bent (out of shape), angry or upset: Also bent up
I like that you can share your thoughts on stuff and not get bent out of shape if I disagree.
I don’t know why you’re so bent—I’m just a couple minutes late.
Example Sentences
The officers bent one of Padilla’s arms behind his back and attached a handcuff, then said, “Other hand, sir? Other hand.”
The president descried protesters as leftists pursuing a “foreign invasion” of the United States, bent on destroying the nation’s sovereignty.
The corporate magnate slowly turned into a health guru with a populist bent.
McDonnell drew a distinction between protesters and masked “anarchists” who he said were bent on exploiting the state of unrest to vandalize property and attack police.
If this highly educated, well-informed media person of, no doubt, a somewhat liberal bent — no Trump supporter — doesn’t see the threat, that’s worrisome.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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