Bent
Definition of Bent
| imp. & p. | 1. | imp. & p. p. of Bend. | | a. & p. p. | 1. | Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. | | 2. | Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; - said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. | | n. | 1. | The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. | | 2. | A declivity or slope, as of a hill. | | 3. | A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. | | 4. | Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. | | 5. | (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure. | | 6. | Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. | | 1. | A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. | | 2. | (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. | | 3. | Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. |
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