bent

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK, US) enPR: bĕnt, IPA(key): /bɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend +‎ -t. ==== Verb ==== bent simple past and past participle of bend ==== Adjective ==== bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent) (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented. Synonym: crooked (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest. Synonym: crooked (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual. Synonyms: queer; see also Thesaurus:homosexual (with on) Determined or insistent; inclined, set. Synonym: hell-bent (with about) Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet. Near-synonym: butthurt (Of a person) leading a life of crime. (slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends. (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== (determined): hell-bent ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== bent (plural bents) An inclination or talent. the top of one's bent A predisposition to act or react in a particular way. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing. Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams. Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. ===== Synonyms ===== (an inclination or talent): disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity, see also Thesaurus:predilection ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin. ==== Noun ==== bent (countable and uncountable, plural bents) Any of various stiff or reedy grasses. Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.). A grassy area, grassland. c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent. Old dried stalks of grasses. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === “bent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. bent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === Innovative form replacing older zijt, which is still maintained in combination with the archaic/southern gij. The form bent was built by analogy with ben (“I am”) after jij had adopted the function of second-person singular. In this it may (but need not) have been influenced by Middle Dutch bes, the form used with the defunct singular pronoun du. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt === Verb === bent second-person singular present indicative of zijn; are === References === == Hungarian == === Etymology === From benn, following the example of alant and lent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛnt] Hyphenation: bent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Adverb === bent (comparative beljebb or bentebb, superlative legbeljebb or legbentebb) inside Synonym: benn Antonyms: kinn, kint ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === bent , mostly redirecting to benn in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. bent in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024). == Lithuanian == === Adverb === bent at least Synonyms: mažiausia, mažiausiai == Old Norse == === Participle === bent strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of bendr === Verb === bent supine of benda == Scots == === Alternative forms === bynt === Etymology === From Old English beonet, compare Middle English bent. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛnt/ === Noun === bent (plural bents) (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands. (archaic, 15th century) An area covered with coarse or wiry grass; a moor. ==== Derived terms ==== benty (covered in bent) == Turkish == === Etymology === From Persian بند (band). === Noun === bent (definite accusative bendi, plural bentler) dam