Definition of Bent

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Definition of Bent

Bent

of Bend

imp. & p. p. of Bend.

Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.

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.

The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.

A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.

Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

A transverse frame of a framed structure.

Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.

A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.

Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.

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Bent Quotations

A man can't ride your back unless it's bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love.
Kahlil Gibran

I was more independent than any farmer in Concord, for I was not anchored to a house or farm, but could follow the bent of my genius, which is a very crooked one, every moment.
Henry David Thoreau

The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
Edgar Allan Poe

Have you noticed that whatever sport you're trying to learn, some earnest person is always telling you to keep your knees bent?
Dave Barry

It is my aim, and every effort bent, that the sum and history of my life, which in the same sentence is my obit and epitaph too, shall be them both: He made the books and he died.
William Faulkner

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.
Alice Walker

The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.
Mia Hamm

Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough investigation, it may soon lead to full establishment of the truth.
Ambrose Bierce

Bent Translations

bent in Dutch is gebogen, krom
bent in German is gebogen, beugte, gebogen
bent in Latin is camur, curvus
bent in Portuguese is curvado

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