transitive verb, intransitive verb

adjective

1. made curved or crooked; not straight
2. strongly inclined or determined: with on bent on going
3. set in a course; bound westward bent
4. Slang
   1. dishonest; crooked
   2. eccentric; odd

noun

1. an inclination; tendency
2. a natural leaning or tendency; propensity a bent for music, a criminal bent
3. a framework transverse to the length of a structure, for supporting lateral as well as vertical loads

noun

1. 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 greens
   also called bentgrass bent′·grass′
2. the stiff flower stalk of certain grasses
3. Chiefly Brit., Now Dial. a heath; moor

Etymology: ME < OE beonot, bent, a rush < WGmc *binut > Ger binse