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Definitions for Bent

[1] curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
[2] determined; set; resolved (usually followed by on ): to be bent on buying a new car.
[3] Chiefly British Slang . morally crooked; corrupt. stolen: bent merchandise. homosexual.
[4] direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination: a bent for painting.
[5] capacity of endurance: to work at the top of one's bent.
[6] Civil Engineering . a transverse frame, as of a bridge or an aqueduct, designed to support either vertical or horizontal loads.
[7] Archaic . bent state or form; curvature.
[8] bent grass.
[9] a stalk of bent grass.
[10] Scot. , North England . (formerly) any stiff grass or sedge.
[11] British Dialect . a moor; heath; tract of uncultivated, grassy land, used as a pasture or hunting preserve.
[12] to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
[13] to direct or turn in a particular direction: to bend one's energies to the task.
[14] to cause to submit or yield: to bend someone to one's will.
[15] to modify or relax (restrictions, regulations, etc.) temporarily or in certain circumstances: to bend the rules.
[16] to incline mentally (usually followed by to or toward ): bending his thoughts back toward his childhood.
[17] to pull back the string of (a bow or the like) in preparation for shooting.
[18] Nautical . to fasten.
[19] Archaic . to strain or brace tensely (often followed by up ).
[20] to become curved, crooked, or bent: a bow that bends easily.
[21] to assume a bent posture; stoop (often followed by over ): to bend as one walks; to bend over and pick up something.
[22] to turn or incline in a particular direction; be directed: The road bent toward the south.
[23] to yield or submit; give in.
[24] to bow in submission or reverence: bending to one's monarch.
[25] to direct one's energies: We bent to our work as the bell sounded.
[26] the act of bending.
[27] something that bends; curve; crook: a bend in the road; a bend in the curtain rod.
[28] Nautical . any of various loops or knots for joining the ends of two ropes or the like, or for joining the end of a rope or the like to some other object.
[29] bends, Nautical . thick planking immediately below the waterways of a wooden vessel. the wales of a vessel.
[30] the bends, aeroembolism(def 2) .
[31] not straight; curved
[32] (foll by on) fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)
[33] slang dishonest; corrupt (of goods) stolen crazy; mad British offensive homosexual
[34] personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude
[35] capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent )
[36] civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
[37] short for bent grass
[38] a stalk of bent grass
[39] archaic any stiff grass or sedge
[40] Scot and Northern English dialect heath or moorland
[41] to form or cause to form a curve, as by pushing or pulling
[42] to turn or cause to turn from a particular direction the road bends left past the church
[43] (intr; often foll by down , etc ) to incline the body; stoop; bow
[44] to submit or cause to submit to bend before superior force
[45] (tr) to turn or direct (one's eyes, steps, attention, etc)
[46] (tr) to concentrate (the mind); apply oneself closely
[47] (tr) nautical to attach or fasten, as a sail to a boom or a line to a cleat
[48] bend over backwards informal to make a special effort, esp in order to please he bends over backwards to accommodate his customers
[49] bend someone's ear informal to speak at length to an unwilling listener, esp to voice one's troubles
[50] bend the rules informal to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
[51] a curved part, as in a road or river
[52] nautical a knot or eye in a line for joining it to another or to an object
[53] the act or state of bending
[54] round the bend British slang mad; crazy; eccentric
[55] heraldry an ordinary consisting of a diagonal line traversing a shield

Words related to Bent

bowed, looped, rounded, arched, crooked, hooked, inclined, stooped, twisted, drooping, limp, round, arced, angled, wilted, contorted, hunched, warped, twined, slumped

Words nearby Bent

benoît de sainte-maure, bensenville, benson, benson's disease, bensulide, bent, bent grass, bent on, bent out of shape, bentham, benthamism

Origin of Bent

d1before 1000; Middle English benden (v.) Old English bendan to bind, bend (a bow); cognate with Middle High German benden, Old Norse benda; akin to Old Norse band band. See band3

Other words from Bent

bend·a·ble , adjective
non·bend·ing , adjective
re·bend·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Bent

dOld English bend band ²; see bend 1

Synonyms for Bent

angled, arced, arched, bowed, contorted, crooked, drooping, hooked, humped, hunched, inclined, limp, looped, round, rounded, slumped, stooped, twined, twisted, warped, wilted, arciform, curvilinear, doubled over, droopy, sinuous, slouchy