bent

bent ¹

 (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.

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bent ²

 (bĕnt)

n.

1. Bentgrass.

2. The stiff stalk of various grasses.

3. An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.

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[Middle English, from Old English beonet (attested only in place names ); akin to German Binse, rush.]

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bent

(bɛnt)

adj

1. not straight; curved

2. (foll by on) fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)

3. slang

a. dishonest; corrupt

b. (of goods) stolen

c. crazy; mad

d. Brit offensive homosexual

n

4. personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude

5. 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

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bent

(bɛnt)

n

1. (Plants) short for bentgrass

2. (Plants) a stalk of bent grass

3. (Plants) archaic any stiff grass or sedge

4. dialect Scot and Northern English heath or moorland

[Old English bionot; related to Old Saxon binet, Old High German binuz rush]

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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]

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Bending/Bent

 

1. As crooked as a corkscrew —George Kaufman and Moss Hart
2. As crooked as a dog’s elbow —F. T. Elworthy
3. As crooked as a ram’s horn —Charles Caleb Colton
4. Bending from the waist as if he was going to close up like a jackknife —John Dos Passos
5. Bend like a finger joint —Charles Wright
6. Bend like sheets of tin —Palmer Cox
7. Bends with her laugh … like a rubber stick being shaken —Alice McDermott
8. Bent as a country lane —John Wainwright
9. Bent double like a tree in a high wind —Caryl Phillips
10. Bent down like violets after rain —Thomas Bailey Aldrich
11. Bent like a birch ice-laden —James Agee
12. 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.”

13. Bent like a broken flower —Algernon Charles Swinburne
14. Bent like a rainbow —Robert Southey

    Another way to express this image is to be “Bent like a rainbow arch.”

15. Bent … like a soldier at the approach of an assault —Victor Hugo
16. Bent like a wishbone —William Kennedy
17. Bent slightly like a man who has been shot but continues to stand —Flannery O’Connor
18. (The headwaiter) bowed like a poppy in the breeze —Ogden Nash
19. Bows down like a willow tree in a storm —Erich Maria Remarque
20. Coiled like a fetus —William H. Gass

    A variation by Derek Lambert:“Curled up like a bulky fetus.”

21. Coiled up like the letter ‘S’ —Damon Runyon
22. Crooked like a comma —Sharon Sheehe Stark
23. Curled himself like a comma into the waiting cab —William H. Hallhan
24. Curled like a ball —Sterling Hayden
25. Curled up in a ball like a wet puppy —Amos Oz
26. Curled up [in sleeping position] like a fist around an egg —Leonard Michaels
27. Curled up like a gun-dog —Colette
28. (Bent over your books) curled up like a porcupine with a bellyache —Marge Piercy
29. Curled up like fried bacon —Anon
30. Curling up like a small animal —Nina Bawden
31. Curling up like burning cardboard —Lawrence Durrell
32. [A cat] curls up like a dormer mouse —Jayne Anne Phillips
33. Drooped like a flower in the frost —John Greenleaf Whittier
34. Folded over like a ruler from the waist —William H. Gass
35. Folded up, like a marionette with cheap wooden hinges, and sat down —Graham Masterton
36. (Never will I be) gibbous like the moon —Diane Ackerman
37. Lean forward like firemen pulling a hose —Miller Williams
38. Tilting like a paper cutout —Susan Minot
39. Twisted as an old paint tube —Fannie Hurst
40. A very old lady, her back curved over like a snail’s —Daphne Merkin

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bent - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" set inclination, 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 greens bent grass, bent-grass grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Agrostis, 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 leaves Agrostis nebulosa, cloud grass - Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets Agrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass - common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners
	3.	bent - an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges grassland - 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, knack endowment, 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 to resolute - 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" bended unerect - not upright in position or posture
	3.	bent - of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" crumpled, dented damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

bent

adjective

1. 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, perpendicular

2. stooped, bowed, arched, hunched, stooping a bent, frail, old man

3. (Brit. informal) corrupt, crooked (informal), rotten, shady (informal), fraudulent, dishonest, unscrupulous, unethical, venal, unprincipled, bribable a bent accountant

4. (Offensive slang) gay, homosexual, queer (informal, derogatory) an actor who was as bent as a nine-bob note

noun

1. 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 history

bent 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.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

bent

adjective

1. 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.

noun

1. 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.

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Translations

غَيْرُ أَمِيـنمُنْعَطِفمَيْلٌ شَديد

dispozicenadánínečestnýohnutýsklon

anlægbøjetflairtalentuhæderlig

gebeugtkorruptNeigungunehrlich

ανέντιμοςλυγισμένος

corruptocurvodobladoinclinacióntramposo

taipunuttaittunutkiero

aptitudecourbetorduvéreux

nepoštensavijen

görbehajlott

tilhneiging, hneigî

curvodisonestoinclinazionepiegato

不正直な曲がった

굽은부정직한

nosliecetieksme

aanleggebogenkrommet de zinnen gezet opomkoopbaar

bøydhangkorrupt

nieuczciwyzgięty

desonestodobrado

gârbov

бесчестныйизогнутыйсклонность

böjdoärlig

โกงกินคดงอ

bükülmüşeğilimistidatnamussuzyönelim

congkhông trung thực

不诚实的弯曲的爱好

bent

[bent]

A. PT & PP of bend

B. ADJ

1. [wire, pipe] → doblado; (= twisted) → torcido

2. (esp Brit) (= dishonest) → pringado (Sp) , chueco (LAm) , corrupto

3. (Brit) (= homosexual) → del otro bando, invertido

4. to be bent on doing sth (fig) (= determined) → estar resuelto a or empeñado en hacer algo
to be bent on a quarrel → estar resuelto a or empeñado en provocar una riña
to be bent on pleasure → estar resuelto a or empeñado en divertirse

C. N (= inclination) → inclinación f; (= aptitude) → facilidad f
of an artistic bent → con una inclinación artística, con inclinaciones artísticas
to follow one's bent → seguir su inclinación
he has a bent for annoying people → tiene una facilidad para molestar a la gente

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bent

[ˈbɛnt]

pt

pp of bend

n (= flair) → dispositions fpl, penchant m

adj

(= out of shape) [lever, axle] → coudé(e); [nail, fork] → tordu(e); [tree] → courbé(e); [wire, pipe] → tordu(e); (intentionally) [wire] → plié(e)
a bent fork → une fourchette tordue

(= bowed) [head] → baissé(e)

[person] to be bent double (British) to be bent over double (US) (in pain) → être tordu(e) de douleur; (laughing) → être plié(e) de rire

[person] (= dishonest) → véreux/euse
a bent copper → un ripou , un flic véreux

(= resolved) to be bent on sth → être résolu(e) à qch
to be bent on doing sth → être résolu(e) à faire qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bent

pret, ptp of bend

adj

metal etc → gebogen; (= out of shape) → verbogen

(Brit inf: = dishonest) person → korrupt; affair → unsauber (inf); he’s bent → er ist ein krummer Hund (inf)

(Brit pej inf: = homosexual) → andersrum pred (inf)

to be bent on something/doing something → etw unbedingt or partout wollen/tun wollen; he seemed bent on self-destruction → er schien von einem Selbstzerstörungstrieb besessen zu sein

n (= aptitude) → Neigung f → (for zu); (= type of mind, character) → Schlag m; to follow one’s bent → seiner Neigung folgen; people with or of a musical bent → Menschen mit einer musikalischen Veranlagung; people of his bent → Leute seines Schlags

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bent

¹ [bɛnt]

1. pt, pp of bend

2. adj

a. (wire, pipe) → piegato/a, storto/a (fam) (dishonest) → losco/a (offensive) (homosexual) → invertito/a

b. (fig) (determined) to be bent on sth/on doing sth → essere deciso/a a qc/a fare qc
to be bent on a quarrel → voler proprio litigare

3. n (aptitude) → inclinazione f, disposizione f
to follow one's bent → seguire la propria inclinazione

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bent

² [bɛnt] n (Bot) common bent → agrostide f bianca

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bent²

(bent) noun

a natural inclination. a bent for mathematics. aanleg مَيْلٌ شَديد предразположение inclinação sklon, dispozice, nadání die Neigung anlæg; flair; talent ταλέντο, έφεσηinclinación kalduvus خمیدگی؛ زاویه گنگ lahjakkuus aptitudeנטייה झुकाव sklonost hajlam bakat tilhneiging, hneigð inclinazione, propensione 性向 기호, 성향 polinkis tieksme; nosliece lengkung aanleg hang, tilbøyelighet; anlegg inklinacja کږ لیڅی لیندی inclinação aptitudine склонность sklon, nadanie nadarjenost nadarenost anlag, håg, lust ความโน้มเอียง eğilim, yönelim, istidat 愛好 схильність; нахил رغبت ، میلان năng khiếu 爱好

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

bent

→ غَيْرُ أَمِيـن, مُنْعَطِف nečestný, ohnutý bøjet, uhæderlig gebeugt, unehrlich ανέντιμος, λυγισμένος corrupto, doblado, tramposo kiero, taipunut tordu, véreux nepošten, savijen disonesto, piegato 不正直な, 曲がった 굽은, 부정직한 krom, omkoopbaar bøyd, korrupt nieuczciwy, zgięty desonesto, dobrado бесчестный, изогнутый böjd, oärlig โกงกิน, คดงอ bükülmüş, namussuz cong, không trung thực 不诚实的, 弯曲的

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

bent

n. inclinación, curvatura;

a. encorvado-a; inclinado-a;

vt. pp. defend.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bent

pret & pp de bend

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