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bent

1  [bent]
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–adjective
1. curved; crooked: a bent bow; a bent stick.
2. determined; set; resolved (usually fol. by on): to be bent on buying a new car.
3. Chiefly British Slang.
a. morally crooked; corrupt.
b. stolen: bent merchandise.
c. homosexual.
–noun
4. direction taken, as by one's interests; inclination: a bent for painting.
5. capacity of endurance: to work at the top of one's bent.
6. Civil Engineering. a transverse frame, as of a bridge or an aqueduct, designed to support either vertical or horizontal loads.
7. Archaic. bent state or form; curvature.
Origin:
1525–35; orig. ptp. of bend 1

Synonyms:
1. bowed, flexed. 2. fixed. 4. tendency, propensity, proclivity, predilection, penchant, partiality, leaning, bias.
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Slang Dictionary
bent

  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated. : I've never seen two guys so bent.
  2. mod.
    dishonest; crooked. : I'm afraid that Paul is a little bent. He cheats on his taxes.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bent  (2)
"stiff grass," O.E. beonet, from W.Gmc. *binut- "rush, marsh grass" (cf. Ger. binse "rush, reed"), of unknown origin. An obsolete word, but common in place names (cf. Bentley, from O.E. Beonet-leah).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

bent on

Also, bent upon. Determined, resolved, as in Jamie is bent on winning the math prize. This phrase, first recorded in 1762, always uses the past participle of the verb bend in the sense of "tend toward."

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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