Search results for 'bent':

bend verb (bent, bending) 1 tr & intr to make or become angled or curved. 2 intrans to move or stretch in a curve. 3 intrans (usually bend down or over) to move the top part of the body forward and down towards the ground. 4 tr & intr to submit or force someone or something to submit • bent them to his will. 5 (usually bend something or someone towards something) to aim or direct (one's attention, etc) towards it. See also bent. noun 1 a curve or bent part. 2 the act of curving or bending • Give that wire a bend. See also the bends. bendable adj. bend over backwards Brit to take great trouble or put oneself out (to be helpful, etc). bend the rules to interpret the rules in one's favour, without actually breaking them. round the bend colloq mad; crazy.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon.

bent adj 1 not straight; curved or having a bend. 2 Brit slang a dishonest; corrupt • bent officers in the force; b obtained dishonestly; stolen • bent goods. 3 Brit, derog slang homosexual. 4 (usually bent on or upon something) having all one's attention or energy directed on it, or on doing it; intent or determined • bent on revenge. noun 1 a natural inclination, liking or aptitude • shows a real bent for music. 2 bot bent grass. verb, past tense, past participle of bend. bent as a nine bob note Brit slang 1 said of a person: thoroughly dishonest. 2 said of property: obviously stolen or illicit. 3 said of a person: homosexual.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c.