bent

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

simple past and past participle of bend

Adj

1. Folded, dented.
2. (UK, colloquial) Corrupt, dishonest.
3. (UK, colloquial, derogatory) Homosexual.
4. (with-on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set.
5. Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.
6. leading a life of crime.
7. (slang) Inaccurately aimed.
8. (US, colloquial) Suffering from the bends.
9. (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.

Noun

1. An inclination or talent.
2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
6. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
7. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
8. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
2. (countable, uncountable) A grassy area, grassland.
3. (countable, uncountable) The old dried stalks of grasses.

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Concepts

tordu

courbé

courbe

plié

zigzag

inclination

disposition

se courber

se voûter

aptitude

courber

coudé

penchant

série

talent

tendance

vénal

ripou

acheté

arqué

corrompue

courbèrent

être courbé

être tordu

faussé

fléchi

inverti

pas droit

stipendié

vendu

vendue

voûté

cran de l’armé

cran d’armé

prévaricateur

knack

vénale

stipendiée

prévaricatrice

achetée

automatique

corrompu

création

crochu

ensemble

fléchir

homosexuel

long

malhonnête

mise

Synonymes

crooked

curved

twisted

bowed

stooped

inclined

bend

inclination

arched

warped

stooping

crumpled

hunched

folded

winding

turned

tendency

distorted

propensity

leaning

hooked

disposition

bias

stoop

tortuous

trend

talent

gnarled

hairy

ruffled

flexed

hang

proclivity

contracted

become

broken

set

sagging

slant

tilt

knack

dented

dead set

curve

curled

bending

bended

flair

affinity

convex

Traductions

gebogen

inclinación

krom

krumm

gebogen

verbogen

curvus

torcido

derrengado

aanleg

curvo

gebeugt

zerzaust

abbattuto

Neigung

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bɛnt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais:

Hérité de moyen anglais: bent

Hérité de ancien anglais: *beonot

In summary

From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.