Definition of "bent" in Anglais

verb

1. simple past and past participle of bend

adjective

1. (Of something that is usually straight) Folded, dented.

2. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Corrupt, dishonest.

3. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly UK) Homosexual.

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.

5. (with about) 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. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.

7. (slang, soccer) Inaccurately aimed.

   • That shot was so bent it left the pitch.

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

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

   • Man, I am so bent right now!

noun

1. An inclination or talent.

   • He had a natural bent for painting.
   • the top of one's bent

2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

   • His mind was of a technical bent.

3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

   • the bent of a bow

4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

6. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.

7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

noun

1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

2. Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).

3. A grassy area, grassland.

   • c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

4. Old dried stalks of grasses.