bent
1
[ bent ]
/ bɛnt /
adjective
curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
determined; set; resolved (usually followed by on): to be bent on buying a new car.
Chiefly British Slang.
- morally crooked; corrupt.
- stolen: bent merchandise.
- homosexual.
noun
Origin of bent
1
First recorded in 1525–35; orig. past participle of
bend1
Words nearby bent
Definition for bent (2 of 3)
bent
2
[ bent ]
/ bɛnt /
noun
a stalk of bent grass.
Scot., North England.
(formerly) any stiff grass or sedge.
British Dialect.
a moor; heath; tract of uncultivated, grassy land, used as a pasture or hunting preserve.
Origin of bent
2
1300–50; Middle English; earlier
benet-, bunet- (in compounds), Old English
beonet-, beonot- (in place names); cognate with Old High German
binuz (compare German
Binse) rush
Definition for bent (3 of 3)
bend
1
[ bend ]
/ bɛnd /
verb (used with object), bent or (Archaic) bend·ed; bend·ing.
verb (used without object), bent or (Archaic) bend·ed; bend·ing.
noun
Origin of bend
1
before 1000; Middle English
benden (v.) Old English
bendan to bind, bend (a bow); cognate with Middle High German
benden, Old Norse
benda; akin to Old Norse
band band. See
band3
synonym study for bend
10.
Bend,
bow,
stoop imply taking a bent posture.
Bend and
bow are used of the head and upper body;
stoop is used of the body only.
OTHER WORDS FROM bend
bend·a·ble, adjective non·bend·ing, adjective re·bend·a·ble, adjectiveExample sentences from the Web for bent
British Dictionary definitions for bent (1 of 4)
bent
1
/ (bɛnt) /
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
British Dictionary definitions for bent (2 of 4)
bent
2
/ (bɛnt) /
noun
short for bent grass
a stalk of bent grass
archaic
any stiff grass or sedge
Scot and Northern English dialect
heath or moorland
Word Origin for bent
Old English
bionot; related to Old Saxon
binet, Old High German
binuz rush
British Dictionary definitions for bent (3 of 4)
bend
1
/ (bɛnd) /
verb bends, bending or bent
noun
See also
bends
Derived forms of bend
bendable, adjectiveWord Origin for bend
Old English
bendan; related to Old Norse
benda, Middle High German
benden; see
bind,
band ³
British Dictionary definitions for bent (4 of 4)
bend
2
/ (bɛnd) /
noun
heraldry
an ordinary consisting of a diagonal line traversing a shield
Word Origin for bend
Old English
bend
band ²; see
bend
1
Medical definitions for bent
bend
[ bĕnd ]
v.
To incline the body; stoop.
Idioms and Phrases with bent
bend