bent

bent is a 4-letter English word with 20 senses as adjective & participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple, verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Bend. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. of Bend
2. imp. & p. p. of Bend.
3. adjective & participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
4. adjective & participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticiple. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
5. verb. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
6. verb. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
7. verb. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
8. verb. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
9. verb. A transverse frame of a framed structure.
10. verb. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
11. noun. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
12. noun. A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
13. noun. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
14. noun. a special way of doing something

    "he had a bent for it"

    "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"

    Synonyms: hang, knack

15. noun. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

    "the set of his mind was obvious"

    Synonyms: set

16. noun. an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
17. noun. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
18. adjective. of metal e.g.

    "bent nails"

    "a car with a crumpled front end"

    Synonyms: crumpled, dented

19. adjective. used of the back and knees; stooped

    "on bended knee"

    "with bent (or bended) back"

    Synonyms: bended

20. adjective. fixed in your purpose

    "bent on going to the theater"

    "dead set against intervening"

Synonyms

hang, knack, set, crumpled, dented, bended

Common word forms

bents, benting

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