bent

Meaning

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.

bend

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

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

Translations

gebogen

tordu

inclinación

krom

krumm

torcido

verbogen

gebogen

curvus

courbé

courbe

curvo

derrengado

gebeugt

aanleg

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English:

Inherited from Middle English: bent

Inherited from Old English: *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.