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BENT definition: 1. past simple and past participle of bend 2. curved and not straight or flat: 3. (especially of a…. Learn more.
The meaning of BENT is unenclosed grassland. How to use bent in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Bent.
If someone is bent on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it. [disapproval] He's bent on suicide. [ + on/upon] 5. singular noun. If you have a bent for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
Definition of bent adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
curved and not now straight or flat: The metal bars were bent and twisted. bent on sth/doing sth. determined to do something or get something: Both parties are bent on destroying each other's chances of winning.
Origin of bent 2. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; earlier benet-, bunet- (in compounds), Old English beonet-, beonot- (in placenames); cognate with Old High German binuz (compare German Binse ) “the rush plant”.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bent1 /bent/ the past tense and past participle of bend bent2 adjective 1 no longer straight a bent nail Stand with your knees slightly bent.
