Bent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. curved; crooked: a bent bow;a bent stick.
  2. determined; set; resolved (usually followed by on): to be bent on buying a new car.
  3. Chiefly British Slang.
    • morally crooked; corrupt.
    • stolen: bent merchandise.
    • unbalanced or crazy; irrational: Man, your take on things is so bent I can hardly follow it.
  4. gay (def. 1).
noun
  1. direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination: a bent for painting.
  2. capacity of endurance: to work at the top of one's bent.
  3. a transverse frame, as of a bridge or an aqueduct, designed to support either vertical or horizontal loads.
  4. bent state or form; curvature.
verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of bend1.
Idioms
  1. angry or upset: I like that you can share your thoughts on stuff and not get bent out of shape if I disagree.I don’t know why you’re so bent—I’m just a couple minutes late.
noun
  1. bent grass.
  2. a stalk of bent grass.
  3. (formerly) any stiff grass or sedge.
  4. a moor; heath; tract of uncultivated, grassy land, used as a pasture or hunting preserve.
adjective
  1. not straight; curved
  2. fixed (on a course of action); resolved (to); determined (to)
  3. slang
    • dishonest; corrupt
    • (of goods) stolen
    • crazy; mad
    • homosexual
noun
  1. personal inclination, propensity, or aptitude
  2. capacity of endurance (esp in the phrase to the top of one's bent)
  3. a framework placed across a structure to stiffen it
noun
  1. short for bent grass
  2. a stalk of bent grass
  3. any stiff grass or sedge
  4. heath or moorland
Bent (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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