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Adjective bent has 5 senses
- bent - altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- bent, bent on, dead set, intent on, out to - fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"
Antonym: irresolute (indirect, via resolute)
- bended, bent - used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
- bent, bowed, inclined - used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and sloping shoulders"
Antonyms: erect, vertical, upright (indirect, via unerect)
- bent, crumpled, dented - of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders"
Antonym: undamaged (indirect, via damaged)
Noun bent has 3 senses
- bent, set - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious"
--1 is a kind of inclination, disposition, tendency
- bent, bent grass, bent-grass - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
--2 is a kind of grass
--2 is a member of Agrostis, genus Agrostis
--2 has particulars:
- bent, knack, hang - a special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it"
--3 is a kind of endowment, gift, talent, natural endowment
Verb bend has 6 senses
- bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"
--1 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Antonyms: straighten, unbend
Sample sentence:
The glass tubes bend
- bend - change direction; "The road bends"
--2 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- flex, bend, deform, twist, turn - cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the strong man could turn an iron bar"
--3 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Antonyms: unbend
Sample sentence:
They bend the glass tubes
- crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
--4 is one way to bend, flex
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- deflect, bend, turn away - turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of interest
--5 is one way to turn
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- flex, bend - bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees"
--6 is one way to move
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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