1bent1 (bɛnt
)
Definitions
adjective
- not straight; curved
- (foll by on) fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)
- slang
- dishonest; corrupt
- (of goods) stolen
- crazy; mad
- British offensive homosexual
noun
- personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude
- capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent)
- civil engineering a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
Synonyms
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misshapen,
twisted,
angled,
bowed,
curved,
arched,
crooked,
crippled,
distorted,
warped,
deformed,
tortuous,
disfigured,
out of shape,
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corrupt,
crooked,
rotten,
shady,
fraudulent,
dishonest,
unscrupulous,
unethical,
venal,
unprincipled,
bribable,
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inclination,
ability,
taste,
facility,
talent,
leaning,
tendency,
preference,
faculty,
forte,
flair,
knack,
penchant,
bag,
propensity,
aptitude,
predisposition,
predilection,
proclivity,
turn of mind,
2bent2 (bɛnt)
Definitions
noun
- short for bent grass
- a stalk of bent grass
- archaic any stiff grass or sedge
- Scottish Northern England dialect heath or moorland
Word Origin
Old English bionot ; related to Old Saxon binet , Old High German binuz rush1bend1 (bɛnd)
Definitions
verb
Word forms: bends, bending, bent
- to form or cause to form a curve, as by pushing or pulling
- to turn or cause to turn from a particular direction ⇒
the road bends left past the church
- (intr; often foll by down, etc) to incline the body; stoop; bow
- to submit or cause to submit ⇒
to bend before superior force
- (tr) to turn or direct (one's eyes, steps, attention, etc)
- (tr) to concentrate (the mind); apply oneself closely
- (tr) nautical to attach or fasten, as a sail to a boom or a line to a cleat
- See bend over backwards
- See bend someone's ear
- See bend the rules
noun
- a curved part, as in a road or river
- nautical a knot or eye in a line for joining it to another or to an object
- the act or state of bending
- See round the bend
See also
bendsAlternative Forms
ˈbendable adjectiveWord Origin
Old English bendan ; related to Old Norse benda , Middle High German benden; see bind, band³Translations
- British English:
bent
Something that is bent is not straight.Keep your knees slightly bent.bɛnt ADJECTIVE Keep your knees slightly bent.
- Spanish:
doblado
adj doblada
- French:
tordu
adj
- German:
gebeugt
adj
- Chinese: 弯曲的 adj
- Arabic: مُنْعَطِف adj
- Portuguese: dobrado adj dobrada
- Russian: изогнутый adj изогнутая
- Croatian: savijen adj savijena
- Czech: ohnutý adj
- Danish: bøjet adj
- Dutch: krom adj
- Finnish: taipunut adj
- Greek: λυγισμένος adj λυγισμένη
- Italian: piegato adj piegata
- Japanese: 曲がった no_posp
- Korean: 굽은 adj
- Norwegian: bøyd adj
- Polish: zgięty adj zgięta
- Brazilian Portuguese: dobrado adj dobrada
- European Spanish:
doblado
adj doblada
- Swedish: böjd adj böjt
- Thai: คดงอ adj
- Turkish: bükülmüş adj
- Vietnamese: cong adj
- British English:
bent
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things....this bent accountant.bɛnt ADJECTIVE ...this bent accountant.
- Spanish:
tramposo
adj tramposa
- French:
véreux
adj véreuse
- German:
unehrlich
adj
- Chinese: 不诚实的 adj
- Arabic: غَيْرُ أَمِيـن adj
- Portuguese: desonesto adj desonesta
- Russian: бесчестный adj бесчестная
- Croatian: nepošten adj nepoštena
- Czech: nečestný adj
- Danish: uhæderlig adj
- Dutch: omkoopbaar adj
- Finnish: kiero adj
- Greek: ανέντιμος adj ανέντιμη
- Italian: corrotto adj corrotta
- Japanese: 不正直な no_posp
- Korean: 부정직한 adj
- Norwegian: korrupt adj
- Polish: nieuczciwy adj nieuczciwa
- Brazilian Portuguese: desonesto adj desonesta
- European Spanish:
tramposo
adj tramposa
- Swedish: oärlig adj oärligt
- Thai: โกงกิน adj
- Turkish: namussuz adj
- Vietnamese: không trung thực adj
Usage examples
He bent down, kissed her knee, her thigh, each touch of his lips welding him to her.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)As he passed the Helby cottage he noticed his neighbour bent over her beehives, retrieving the honey she sold in the village shop.
Country Life (2005)In the 54th minute Raul bent a shot past Carroll from 20 yards.
Irish Times (2002)Emma's bent on Roaring success A NEW advertising medium roared into Northern Ireland this week.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)Shot after shot, coming from the north, from a ditch there, and hussars were thrown back or bent over.
, SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)