Bent in English dictionary

  • bent

    Meanings and definitions of "Bent"

    • (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
    • (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
    • Determined or insistent.
    • Of a person leading a life of crime.
    • (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting
    • (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
    • high from using both marijuana and alcohol.
    • An inclination or talent.
    • A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
    • Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
    • A grassy area, grassland.
    • Simple past tense and past participle of bend.
    • adjective
      (Of something that is usually straight)
      folded, dented
    • adjective
      (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain)
      Homosexual.
    • adjective
      Determined or insistent.
    • adjective
      Of a person, leading a life of crime.
    • adjective
      (slang, soccer)
      inaccurate at shooting
    • adjective
      (colloquial, chiefly US)
      Suffering from the bends
    • adjective
      (slang)
      High from using both marijuana and alcohol.
    • noun
      Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
    • noun
      A grassy area, grassland.
    • noun
      An inclination or talent.
    • noun
      A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
    • noun
      The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
    • noun
      A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
    • noun
      Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
    • noun
      (carpentry)
      A transverse frame of a framed structure.
    • noun
      Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
    • verb
      simple past tense and past participle of [i]bend[/i]
    • folded
    • Determined or insistent
    • inclination or talent
    • predisposition
    • Natural skill (at sth); liking or inclination (for sth/doing sth).
    • bent (with age)
    • adjective
      fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"
    • adjective
      of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
    • adjective
      used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"
    • noun
      an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
    • noun
      a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"
    • noun
      a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
    • noun
      grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens

    Synonyms of "Bent" in English dictionary

    grass, crooked, grassland are the top synonyms of "Bent" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Bent

    • bent ( plural  bents)
    • bent ( comparative more bent, superlative most bent)
    • bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)
    • bent (plural bents)
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