bent in Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
bent in Sindhi سنڌي
bent in English
- bent⇄adj. 1. not straight; crooked; curved.
Ex. The farmer's back was bent from years of toil.
2. (Figurative.) strongly inclined; determined.
Ex. He is bent on being a doctor.
(SYN) resolute, resolved, set.
3. on one's way; b - bent⇄bent (1), verb, adjective, noun.
verb a past tense and a past participle of bend (1).
Ex. He bent the wire. - bent⇄bent (2), noun.
1. bent grass.
2. any stiff or wiry grass that grows on sandy or waste land.
3. a stalk of such grass or of bent grass.
4. (Archaic.) a heath; moor. - bent⇄noun 1. (Figurative.) a natural inclination; tendency.
Ex. He has a decided bent for drawing.
(SYN) penchant, bias.
2a. limit of capacity; degree of endurance (now used only in the Shakespearean phrase ?to the top of one's bent).