bent
An inclination or talentAn inclination or talent.
» Tom bent down and looked under the bed.
Том нахилився і подивився під ліжком.
Meaning
12 sensesAn inclination or talent.
He had a natural bent for painting.
the top of one's bent
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
His mind was of a technical bent.
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
the bent of a bow
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
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.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
(countable, uncountable)Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).
(countable, uncountable)A grassy area, grassland.
c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
(countable, uncountable)Old dried stalks of grasses.
Examples
207 sentencesTom bent down and looked under the bed.
Том нахилився і подивився під ліжком.
He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.
Він нахилився вперед, щоб побачити комах на квітнику.
ruОн наклонился, чтобы рассмотреть насекомых на клумбе.
She bent down.
Вона нахилилася.
ruОна нагнулась.
deSie bückte sich.
The tree bent in the wind.
ruДерево нагнулось от ветра.
Tom bent down and kissed Mary.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle EnglishFrom 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.
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.
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Forms
plural: bentsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a special way of doing something:knackhang
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way:set
- grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens:bent grassbent-grass
Word family
5 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- bent down and
- bent down to
- bent over to