bent: betydning og definisjoner

Past tense and past participle of bend1.

Altered from an originally straight or even condition: pieces of bent wire.

Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the theater.

Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.

A tendency, disposition, or inclination: "The natural bent of my mind was to science” ( Thomas Paine).

A transverse structural member or framework used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.

Bent grass.

The stiff stalk of various grasses.

An area of grassland unbounded by hedges or fences.