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Latest revision as of 01:56, 14 April 2013 [edit] English [edit] Pronunciation [edit] Etymology 1 From bend. bent - simple past tense and past participle of bend
[edit] Adjective bent (comparative more bent, superlative most bent) - (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.
- Determined or insistent.
- He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
- They were bent on mischief.
- Of a person, leading a life of crime.
- (slang, soccer) inaccurate at shooting
- That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
- (slang) High from using both marijuana and alcohol.
- Man, I am so bent right now!
[edit] Synonyms [edit] Derived terms [edit] Related terms [edit] Translations folded - Bulgarian: огънат (bg)
- Dutch: gebogen (nl)
- Finnish: taipunut (fi), taittunut (fi)
- French: courbé (fr)
- German: gebeugt (de)
- Hungarian: hajlott (hu), görbe (hu)
- Kyrgyz: шык (ky), шыктуулук (ky), адат (ky), өнөкөт (ky), ынта (ky), кунт (ky), умтулуу (ky), тырышуу (ky), ийри-буйру (ky), бурулуш (ky), кайрылыш (ky), ийретүү (ky), ийрейүү (ky), кыйшайуу (ky), эңкейиш (ky), бүкчүйгөн (ky), бүкчүйгөн (ky), жантайма (ky), кыйшык (ky), ийилген (ky), умтулган (ky), тилек (ky), ынтызарлык (ky), куштарлык (ky), чабынды (ky), шалбаа (ky), талаа (ky), муундуу (ky), муунактуу (ky)
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bent (plural bents) - An inclination or talent.
- He had a natural bent for painting.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- His mind was of a technical bent.
[edit] Synonyms [edit] Translations - The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.
Translations to be checked [edit] Etymology 2 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")). bent (plural bents) - 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, Penguin 2006, pp. 277-8:
- Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.
- A grassy area, grassland.
- The Ballad of Chevy Chase
- Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
[edit] Etymology 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. [edit] Pronunciation bent - second-person singular present indicative of zijn; are.
[edit] References - ^ A. van Loey, Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands, 8. druk 1970, ISBN 90-03-21170-1; §147a
[edit] Hungarian [edit] Pronunciation - IPA: /ˈbɛnt/
- Hyphenation: bent
[edit] Adverb bent - inside
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[edit] Turkish [edit] Etymology From Persian بند (band). bent (definite accusative [[]]) - dam
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