Bent

Meaning of Bent

verb
  1. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
    Don’t bend your knees.
  2. To become curved.
    Look at the trees bending in the wind.
  3. To cause to change direction.
  4. To change direction.
    The road bends to the right
  5. To be inclined; to direct itself.
  6. (usually with "down") To stoop.
    He bent down to pick up the pieces.
  7. To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
  8. To force to submit.
    They bent me to their will.
  9. To submit.
    I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.
  10. To apply to a task or purpose.
    He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.
  11. To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
    He bent to the goal of gaining market share.
  12. To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
  13. To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
    Bend the sail to the yard.
  14. To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
    You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.
  15. To swing the body when rowing.
noun
  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.
  3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
    the bent of a bow
  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. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
adjective
  1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
  2. Corrupt, dishonest
  3. Homosexual.
  4. Determined or insistent.
    He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
  5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
  6. Inaccurately aimed
    That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
  7. Suffering from the bends
  8. High from both marijuana and alcohol.
    Man, I am so bent right now!
noun
  1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
  2. A grassy area, grassland.
  3. The old dried stalks of grasses.

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Hyphenation of Bent

Bent

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • Bent is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Bent synonyms

Meaning bended:

bended

Meaning bowed:

bowed, inclined

Meaning crumpled:

crumpled, dented

Meaning set:

set

Meaning knack:

knack, hang

Meaning :

disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity, crooked, queer

Words that rhyme with Bent

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