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What (who) is BENT - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Bent (disambiguation); Bent (film)
bent
bent1
past and past participle of bend1.
¦ adjective
1. sharply curved or having an angle.
2. Brit. informal dishonest; corrupt.
3. Brit. informal, derogatory homosexual.
4. (bent on) determined to do or have.
¦ noun a natural talent or inclination.
Phrases
bent out of shape N. Amer. informal angry or agitated.
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bent2
¦ noun
1. a stiff grass which is used for lawns and in hay grasses. [Agrostis capillaris and other species.]
2. archaic or dialect a heath or unenclosed pasture.
Origin
ME: from OE beonet, of W. Gmc origin.
bent
1.
2.
If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape.
The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind.
ADJ
3.
If a person is bent, their body has become curved because of old age or disease. (WRITTEN)
...a bent, frail, old man.
ADJ
4.
If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it.
He's bent on suicide.
ADJ: v-link ADJ on/upon n/-ing [disapproval]
5.
If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
His bent for natural history directed him towards his first job.
= flair
N-SING: with supp, oft N for n
6.
If someone is of a particular bent, they hold a particular set of beliefs.
...economists of a socialist bent.
= persuasion
N-SING: adj N
7.
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is bent, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...this bent accountant.
ADJ
8.
If someone is bent double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is bent over double.
He left the courtroom on the first day bent double with stomach pain.
PHRASE: oft PHR with/in n
bent
I. n.
1.
Disposition, inclination, tendency, turn, penchant, learning, bias, propensity, proclivity, predisposition, predilection, partiality, liking, fondness, proneness, appetency.
2.
Bent-grass, wiry grass, agrostis.
3.
Dried reed, stalk.
4.
Wild land, hill, moor, wild.
II. a.
Crooked, hooked, bowed, curved, flexed, deflected, aduncous, arcuate, incurvate.
Examples of use of BENT
1. But in the pun–tastic era of Linekerism (sample quote: "England has gone Bent!" when they picked Darren Bent), Stelling is broadcasting‘s ruby in the dust.
2. Serbia, however, seems to be bent on brinkmanship.
3. "That‘s a chestnut." Mike bent over and seized it.
4. The only thing I’ve ever written is a bent confession.
5. But apparently the banks‘ pressure has bent the regulators‘ opinion.