FromMiddle Englishbent-, preterite stem (as inbente,benten, etc.), andMiddle Englishbent,ibent,ybent, past participle forms ofMiddle Englishbenden(“to bend”). Equivalent tobend +-t.
bent
- simplepast andpastparticiple ofbend
bent (comparativebenterormorebent,superlativebentestormostbent)
- (Of something that is usually straight)Folded,dented.
- Synonym:crooked
- (colloquial, chiefly UK)Corrupt,dishonest.
- Synonym:crooked
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK)Homosexual.
- Synonyms:queer;see alsoThesaurus:homosexual
2019 January 22, Joe Sommerlad, “The reasons why Bohemian Rhapsody faced such a massive backlash”, inThe Independent[1]:Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow.[…]”
- (with on)Determined orinsistent;inclined,set.
- Synonym:hell-bent
He wasbent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
They werebent on mischief.
2017 July 7, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “The ambitious War For The Planet Of The Apes ends up surrendering to formula”, inThe Onion AV Club[2]:[…]in the ape posse,bent on vengeance, traversing landscapes clothed in snow and bristling with California red fir and silver pine, spooking human stragglers, and running across fresh graves as they search for the nameless colonel and try to piece together why the humans are killing each other.
- (with about)Annoyed;out of sorts; having abee in one's bonnet.
- Near-synonym:butthurt
She wasbent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back.
- (Of a person) leading a life ofcrime.
- (slang, soccer)Inaccuratelyaimed.
That shot was sobent it left the pitch.
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering fromthe bends.
- (slang)High from bothmarijuana andalcohol.
Man, I am sobent right now!
folded
- Armenian:please add this translation if you can
- Azerbaijani:əyri (az)
- Basque:makur
- Bulgarian:огънат (bg)(ogǎnat)
- Catalan:tort (ca)
- Czech:ohnutý (cs),zohýbaný,shrbený
- Dutch:gebogen (nl)
- Esperanto:please add this translation if you can
- Finnish:taipunut (fi),taittunut
- French:courbé (fr)
- Galician:torto (gl),encartado
- Georgian:გაღუნული(gaɣunuli)
- German:gebeugt (de),verbogen (de)
- Greek:
- Ancient:σκολιός(skoliós),καμψός(kampsós),καμπύλος(kampúlos),σκαμβός(skambós)
- Hungarian:hajlott (hu),görbe (hu)
- Indonesian:bengkok (id)
- Italian:piegato (it) m,ripiegato (it) m
- Kabuverdianu:arkuadu,arkuóde
- Khmer:រំពត់ (km)(rumpʊət)
- Korean:굽은(gubeun)
- Kyrgyz:шык (ky)(şık),шыктуулук (ky)(şıktuuluk),адат (ky)(adat),өнөкөт (ky)(önököt),ынта (ky)(ınta),кунт (ky)(kunt),умтулуу (ky)(umtuluu),тырышуу (ky)(tırışuu),ийри-буйру (ky)(iyri-buyru),бурулуш (ky)(buruluş),кайрылыш (ky)(kayrılış),ийретүү(iyretüü),ийрейүү(iyreyüü),кыйшайуу (ky)(kıyşayuu),эңкейиш (ky)(eŋkeyiş),бүкчүйгөн (ky)(bükcüygön),бүкчүйгөн (ky)(bükcüygön),жантайма (ky)(jantayma),кыйшык (ky)(kıyşık),ийилген (ky)(iyilgen),умтулган (ky)(umtulgan),тилек (ky)(tilek),ынтызарлык (ky)(ıntızarlık),куштарлык (ky)(kuştarlık),чабынды (ky)(cabındı),шалбаа (ky)(şalbaa),талаа (ky)(talaa),муундуу (ky)(muunduu),муунактуу (ky)(muunaktuu)
- Latin:curvus
- Maori:rōiho(of an old person),kōtuke,kokopa,piko,korotuke,korotuketuke
- Maranao:bekong
- Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
- Ottoman Turkish:اكری(eğri)
- Plautdietsch:kromm
- Portuguese:torto (pt)
- Quechua:wist'u
- Romanian:gârbov (ro),îndoit (ro)
- Russian:со́гнутый (ru)(sógnutyj),изо́гнутый (ru)(izógnutyj),гну́тый (ru)(gnútyj),криво́й (ru)(krivój),искривлённый(iskrivljónnyj)
- Sanskrit:भुग्न (sa)(bhugna)
- Scottish Gaelic:lùbach
- Spanish:doblado (es)
- Sundanese:ᮘᮤᮀᮊᮨᮀ(bingkeng)
- Swedish:böjd (sv)
- Thai:งอ (th)(ngɔɔ)
- Tày:bỉu,bỉu bương,bểu
- Vietnamese:méo (vi),cong (vi)
- Yiddish:בייגיק(beygik),בויגיק(boygik)
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bent (pluralbents)
- Aninclination ortalent.
He had a naturalbent for painting.
c.1599–1602 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii],page384:They fool me to the top of mybent.
- Apredisposition to act or react in a particular way.
His mind was of a technicalbent.
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
thebent of a bow
- Adeclivity orslope, as of a hill.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- (carpentry) Atransverseframe of a framedstructure; a subunit of framing.
- Such a subunit as a component of abarn's framing, joined to other bents bygirts and summer beams.
- Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, abridge's framing.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
1707,John Norris,Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.:the fullbent and stress of the soul
Translations to be checked
FromMiddle Englishbent,benet, fromOld English*beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), fromProto-West Germanic*binut(“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.
bent (countable anduncountable,pluralbents)
- Any of various stiff or reedygrasses.
- Synonym:bentgrass
1888, Rudyard Kipling, “The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes”, inThe Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society, published2005, page121:Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of driedbents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].
- A grassy area,grassland.
- The old dried stalks of grasses.
Innovative form replacing olderzijt, which is still maintained in combination with the archaic/southerngij. The formbent was built by analogy withben(“I am”) afterjij had adopted the function of second-person singular. In this it may (but need not) have been influenced byMiddle Dutchbes, the form used with the defunct singular pronoundu.[1]
bent
- second-personsingularpresentindicative ofzijn;are
- ^A. van Loey,Schönfeld's Historische Grammatica van het Nederlands, 8. druk 1970,→ISBN; §147a
Frombenn, following the example ofalant andlent.[1]
bent (comparativebeljebborbentebb,superlativelegbeljebborlegbentebb)
- inside
- Synonym:benn
- Antonyms:kinn,kint
- bent , mostly redirecting tobenn in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
- bent in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).
bent
- at least
- Synonyms:mažiausia,mažiausiai
bent
- strongneuternominative/accusativesingular ofbendr
bent
- supine ofbenda
FromOld Englishbeonet, compareMiddle Englishbent.
bent (pluralbents)
- (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands.
- (archaic, 15th century) An area covered with coarse or wiry grass; amoor.
FromPersianبند(band).
bent (definite accusativebendi,pluralbentler)
- dam
