Meaning

9 senses
  1. Folded or dented out of its usual shape.

    gebeugt, verbogen

    со́гнутыйsógnutyj, изо́гнутыйizógnutyj, гну́тыйgnútyj

  2. (UK, colloquial)Corrupt, dishonest.

  3. (UK, colloquial, derogatory)Homosexual.

    gay, homosexuell

    пидорскийpidorskij, гомосяцкийgomosjackij

  4. (with on)Determined or insistent; inclined, set.

    He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.

    They were bent on mischief.

    entschieden

    повёрнутыйpovjórnutyj

  5. Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.

    Near-synonym: butthurt

    She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back.

  6. Leading a life of crime.

  7. (slang)Inaccurately aimed.

    That shot was so bent it left the pitch.

  8. (US, colloquial)Suffering from the bends.

  9. (slang)High from both marijuana and alcohol.

    Man, I am so bent right now!

More definitions
  • of metal e.g.
  • fixed in your purpose
  • used of the back and knees; stooped

Examples

207 sentences
  1. Tom bent down and looked under the bed.

    Том нахилився і подивився під ліжком. — deniko

  2. He bent over to see insects in the flowerbed.

    Він нахилився вперед, щоб побачити комах на квітнику. — ChickenKiev

    ruОн наклонился, чтобы рассмотреть насекомых на клумбе. — odexed

  3. She bent down.

    Вона нахилилася. — deniko

    ruОна нагнулась. — sharptoothed

    deSie bückte sich. — Zaghawa

  4. The tree bent in the wind.

    ruДерево нагнулось от ветра. — marafon

  5. Tom bent down and kissed Mary.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
folded:
Homosexual:
Determined or insistent:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
folded:
Homosexual:
Determined or insistent:

Origin

From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English

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.

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Forms

benter/more bent, bentest/most bent
Comparativebenter / more bent Lesson
Superlativebentest / most bent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • bent down and
  • bent down to
  • bent over to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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