bent
bent1 definition
bent (bent)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
adjective
- made curved or crooked; not straight
- strongly inclined or determined: with on bent on going
- set in a course; bound westward bent
- Slang
- dishonest; crooked
- eccentric; odd
noun
- an inclination; tendency
- a natural leaning or tendency; propensity a bent for music, a criminal bent
- a framework transverse to the length of a structure, for supporting lateral as well as vertical loads
bent Idioms
bent out of shape
☆Slang very angry, upset, or agitated
to (or at) the top of one's bent
to (or at) the limit of one's capacity or ability
bent2 definition
bent (bent)
noun
- any of a genus (Agrostis) of dense, low-growing perennial grasses that spread by putting out runners and are often used for lawns and golf greensalso called bentgrass bent′·grass′
- the stiff flower stalk of certain grasses
- Chiefly Brit., Now Dial. a heath; moor
Etymology: ME < OE beonot, bent, a rush < WGmc *binut > Ger binse
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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