bent
bent
- n a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
- n grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- n an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
- n a special way of doing something
he had a bent for it - v form a curve
- v change direction
- v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form
- v bend one's back forward from the waist on down
- v turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest
- v bend a joint
- s fixed in your purpose
bent on going to the theater - s used of the back and knees; stooped
with bent (or bended) back - s of metal e.g.
bent nails
- Instead he gave the world a gift: he saw the flag-draped casket approach, his mother bent and whispered in his ear, and he raised his hand in salute.
- The mother did not tell her daughter of this, but with a strange anxiety turned the child's bent toward singing, determined to realize in her the graces of song of which the .
- The principle at work is refraction, which is what makes a straw appear bent in a glass of water.