bent

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English [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From bend.

Verb [edit]

bent

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bend

Adjective [edit]

bent (comparative more bent, superlative most bent)

  1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
  2. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
  3. Determined or insistent.
    He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
    They were bent on mischief.
  4. Of a person, leading a life of crime.
  5. (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting
    That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
  6. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
  7. (slang) High from using both marijuana and alcohol.
    Man, I am so bent right now!
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
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Translations [edit]
folded
Homosexual
Determined or insistent

Noun [edit]

bent (plural bents)

  1. An inclination or talent.
    He had a natural bent for painting.
  2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
    His mind was of a technical bent.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
inclination or talent
predisposition
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Origin uncertain. Apparently representing Old English beonet- (attested only in place-names and personal names), cognate with Old High German binuz (modern German Binse (“rush, reed”)).

Noun [edit]

bent (plural bents)

  1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
    • Drayton
      His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
    • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 121:
      Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].
    • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
      Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.
  2. A grassy area, grassland.
    • The Ballad of Chevy Chase
      Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Created in analogy to Dutch ben (“am”). Modern Dutch bent has replaced the Middle Dutch verb forms bes and best (“(you) are (sg.)”).[1]

See also verb form bennen.

Pronunciation [edit]

Verb [edit]

bent

  1. second-person singular present indicative of zijn; are.

References [edit]

  1. ^ A. van Loey, Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands, 8. druk 1970, ISBN 90-03-21170-1; §147a

Hungarian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈbɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: bent

Adverb [edit]

bent

  1. inside

Synonyms [edit]

Turkish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Persian بند (band).

Noun [edit]

bent (definite accusative [[]])

  1. dam
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