bent
English
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From bend.
Verb
bent
- simple past and past participle of bend
Adjective
bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)
- (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
- Determined or insistent.
- He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
- They were bent on mischief.
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- (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
- (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting
- That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
- (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
- Man, I am so bent right now!
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Derived terms
Related terms
- (determined): hellbent
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Noun
bent (plural bents)
- An inclination or talent.
- He had a natural bent for painting.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- His mind was of a technical bent.
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- John Locke
- bents and turns of the matter
- John Locke
- (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- Norris
- the full bent and stress of the soul
- Norris
Synonyms
- (an inclination or talent): disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity, see also Thesaurus:predilection
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Etymology 2
Origin uncertain. Apparently representing (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English beonet- (attested only in place-names and personal names), cognate with Old High German binuz (modern German Binse (“rush, reed”)).
Noun
bent (plural bents)
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- Drayton
- His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 121:
- Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.
- Drayton
- A grassy area, grassland.
- The Ballad of Chevy Chase
- Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
- The Ballad of Chevy Chase
Synonyms
(grass): bentgrass
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Created in analogy to Dutch ben (“am”). Modern Dutch bent has replaced the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch verb forms bes and best (“(you) are (sg.)”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
References
Hungarian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɛnt]
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Adverb
bent
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Antonyms
Scots
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English beonet, compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bent.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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Noun
bent (plural bents)
- (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands.
- (archaic, 15th century) An area covered with coarse or wiry grass; a moor.
Derived terms
- benty (covered in bent)
Turkish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian بند (band).
Noun
bent (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
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