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Bent is defined as something that is not straight.
(adjective)An example of bent is a candy cane.
The definition of bent is someone who is determined to take a specific course of action.
(adjective)An example of bent on something is someone who is determined to go to a specific college.
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See bent in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
bend
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
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
- the stiff flower stalk of certain grasses
- Chiefly Brit., Now Dial. a heath; moor
Origin: ME < OE beonot, bent, a rush < WGmc *binut > Ger binse
See bent in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb
Past tense and past participle of bend1.
adjective- Altered from an originally straight or even condition: pieces of bent wire.
- Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the theater.
- Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.
- A tendency, disposition, or inclination: “The natural bent of my mind was to science” (Thomas Paine).
- A transverse structural member or framework used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
noun
- Bent grass.
- The stiff stalk of various grasses.
- An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English beonet (attested only in place names)
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