Definitions for bentbɛnt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

bentbɛnt(adj.)

  1. curved; crooked:

    a bent back.

  2. determined; set; resolved:

    bent on succeeding.

  3. Chiefly Brit. corrupt.

    Category: British

  4. (n.)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.

    Category: Civil Engineering

Origin of bent:

1525–35; orig. ptp. of bend1

bentbɛnt(n.)

  1. Ref: bent grass.

  2. a stalk of bent grass.

Origin of bent:

1300–50; ME; OE beonet-, beonot-, c. OHG binuz rush

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bent, set(noun)

    a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

    "the set of his mind was obvious"

  2. bent, bent grass, bent-grass(noun)

    grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens

  3. bent(noun)

    an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges

  4. bent, knack, hang(adj)

    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"

  5. bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)(adj)

    fixed in your purpose

    "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"

  6. bended, bent(adj)

    used of the back and knees; stooped

    "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"

  7. bent, crumpled, dented(adj)

    of metal e.g.

    "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. bentɛnt

    the past tense and the past participle of "bend"

  2. bent(adjective)ɛnt

    curved and not straight or flat

    a badly bent bumper

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bent(u)

    of Bend

  2. Bent(u)

    imp. & p. p. of Bend

  3. Bent(u)

    changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever

  4. Bent(u)

    strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief

  5. Bent(u)

    the state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow

  6. Bent(u)

    a declivity or slope, as of a hill

  7. Bent(u)

    a leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim

  8. Bent(u)

    particular direction or tendency; flexion; course

  9. Bent(u)

    a transverse frame of a framed structure

  10. Bent(u)

    tension; force of acting; energy; impetus

  11. Bent(noun)

    a reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass

  12. Bent(noun)

    a grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America

  13. Bent(noun)

    any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor


Translations for bent

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

bent(noun)

a natural inclination

a bent for mathematics.

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