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bent1 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. sexually deviant, esp homosexual n 1. personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude 2. capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent) 3. (Engineering / General Engineering) Civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it bent2 n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) short for bent grass 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a stalk of bent grass 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Archaic any stiff grass or sedge 4. Scot and northern English dialect heath or moorland [Old English bionot; related to Old Saxon binet, Old High German binuz rush] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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 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 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. Translations bent [bent] A. PT & PP of bend B. ADJ 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 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 (= resolved) to be bent on sth → être résolu(e) à qch to be bent on doing sth → être résolu(e) à faire qch bent pret, ptp of bend adj (Brit inf: = dishonest) person → korrupt; affair → unsauber (inf); he’s bent → er ist ein krummer Hund (inf) (Brit pej inf: = homosexual) → andersrum pred (inf) 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 bent1 [bɛnt] 1. pt, pp of bend 2. adj a. (wire, pipe) → piegato/a, storto/a (fam) (dishonest) → losco/a (offensive) (homosexual) → invertito/a 3. n (aptitude) → inclinazione f, disposizione f to follow one's bent → seguire la propria inclinazione bent1 [bɛnt] 1. pt, pp of bend 2. adj a. (wire, pipe) → piegato/a, storto/a (fam) (dishonest) → losco/a (offensive) (homosexual) → invertito/a 3. n (aptitude) → inclinazione f, disposizione f to follow one's bent → seguire la propria inclinazione bent2 [bɛnt] n (Bot) common bent → agrostide f bianca bent2 [bɛnt] n (Bot) common bent → agrostide f bianca bent2 n bent [bent] a natural inclination a bent for mathematics. aanleg مَيْلٌ شَديد предразположение sklon, dispozice, nadání anlæg; flair; talent die Neigung ταλέντο, έφεση inclinación kalduvus خمیدگی؛ زاویه گنگ lahjakkuus aptitude נְטִייָה झुकाव sklonost hajlam bakat tilhneiging, hneigð inclinazione, propensione 性向 기호, 성향 polinkis tieksme; nosliece lengkung aanleg hang, tilbøyelighet; anlegg inklinacja inclinação aptitudine склонность sklon, nadanie nadarjenost nadarenost anlag, håg, lust ความโน้มเอียง eğilim, yönelim, istidat 愛好 схильність; нахил رغبت ، میلان năng khiếu 爱好 bent → منثني, منحني nečestný, ohnutý bøjet, uhæderlig gebeugt, unehrlich ανέντιμος, λυγισμένος doblado, tramposo kiero, taipunut tordu, véreux nepošten, savijen corrotto, 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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