bent

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From bend.

Verb

bent

  1. simple past and past participle of bend

Adjective

bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)

  1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
  2. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
  3. 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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  4. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
  5. (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting
    That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
  6. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
  7. (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
    Man, I am so bent right now!
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Noun

bent (plural bents)

  1. An inclination or talent.
    He had a natural bent for painting.
  2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
    His mind was of a technical bent.
  3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
    the bent of a bow
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  4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
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  5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
    • John Locke
      bents and turns of the matter
  6. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
  7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
    • Norris
      the full bent and stress of the soul
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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)

  1. 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.
  2. A grassy area, grassland.
    • The Ballad of Chevy Chase
      Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

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

Verb

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  1. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present indicative of zijn; are.

References

  1. ^ A. van Loey, Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands, 8. druk 1970, →ISBN; §147a

Hungarian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Adverb

bent

  1. inside

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Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English beonet, compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bent.

Pronunciation

Noun

bent (plural bents)

  1. (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands.
  2. (archaic, 15th century) An area covered with coarse or wiry grass; a moor.

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Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian بند (band).

Noun

bent (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. dam
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